How many cities or counties are there in Laos? What are the names of counties and cities?

As of 20 10, Xishuangbanna has 1 county-level cities and 2 counties, namely Jinghong, Menghai and Mengla. The state government is located in Jinghong city. There are also three districts (xishuangbanna tourism Resort, Mohan Economic Development Zone and Jinghong Industrial Park), 3/kloc-0 townships and/kloc-0 sub-district offices, 1 2 farms, 223 administrative villages, 33 communities and 222/kloc-0 natural villages, and there are 6 central and provincial scientific research units.

Location context

Xishuangbanna is located at the southernmost tip of Yunnan, between 2108 ′ ~ 22 36 ′ north latitude and 99 56 ′ ~150 ′ east longitude. It is connected with Laos and Myanmar, and adjacent to Thailand and Vietnam, with a land area of nearly 20,000 square kilometers and a border of 966 kilometers.

topography

Most of the landforms in Xishuangbanna are hilly areas with an altitude of 800 ~ 1300m, accounting for 65.3% of the total area of Xishuangbanna, which constitutes the main body of the landform pattern in Xishuangbanna. Followed by the hilly area with an altitude of 500 ~ 800 meters, accounting for 19.4% of Xishuangbanna. The Zhongshan area with a distance of 1300 ~ 2500m accounts for 10.6%. Intermountain basins and valleys account for only 4.7% of Xishuangbanna. There are 49 basins in Xishuangbanna, with an area of 1 km2, of which Mengzhe-Menghun basin is the largest, with an area of 229 km2, and the rest are all below100km2, of which 19 basins have an area of 684.2km2..

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channel

The Lancang-Mekong waterway originated in Zhaqu, Qinghai, and its waters in China are called Lancang River. Known as Mekong River after leaving the country, it is the longest river in Southeast Asia and flows into the South China Sea of China in Ho Chi Minh City. One river connects the Lancang-Mekong River in six countries (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam), and the upper reaches of the Mekong River are national five-level waterways. China, Myanmar, Laos and Thailand can sail 250-ton passenger and cargo ships all the year round.

Jinghong Port in Xishuangbanna is a national first-class port in China, which can be used for navigation of merchant ships from Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, and has opened a number of international waterways.

aviation

Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport is a national first-class port, a "civilized airport" in the southwest, the second international airport in Yunnan Province, an important trunk airport in Yunnan Province and a medium-sized hub airport. It is located in gasa town, about 4 kilometers southwest of Jinghong City in Xishuangbanna. Since the opening of 1990, after three expansions, the current flight area is 4D, which can be used for Boeing 767, Airbus 330 and below.

The domestic terminal of Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport is 33,000 square meters, and the apron 1 1 1,000 square meters. The runway is 2400 meters long and 45 meters wide, and the PCN value is 58/f/b/w/t; Aircraft parking spaces 18, boarding bridges 10; There are 10 security channels and 25 check-in counters.

As of 20 14, the navigable cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Xi 'an, Changsha, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Tianjin, Kunming, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Dali, Tengchong and Luang Prabang. Domestic routes 18 and 2 international/regional routes. ?

railway

According to the Medium-and Long-Term Railway Network Planning of China Railway Corporation, by 2020, the Central Line of the Trans-Asian Railway-"China-Laos Railway" will be built from Kunming to Mohan Port via Jinghong City in Xishuangbanna.

According to the master plan, the central passage project is Kunming-Mohan-Vientiane-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Singapore, with a total length of 3,894 kilometers, which is the most direct passage from southwest and northwest China to the core area of Southeast Asia. When completed, it will end the history that Jinghong City in the central part of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture is closed to railways.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture