Mengzi city, located in the southeast of Yunnan Province, is the core area of the central city in southern Yunnan. Mengzi city covers an area of 2,228 square kilometers, of which the dam area is 544.2 square kilometers, accounting for 24.4% of the total area, and the main urban area is 30.8 square kilometers. There are provincial Mengzi Economic Development Zone and provincial Honghe Industrial Park in the jurisdiction. In 20 15, the total registered population of mengzi city was 397,000, and the total resident population was 43140,000.
Mengzi is one of the earliest counties established in Yunnan Province in 24000. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it was the largest foreign trade port in Yunnan Province. At that time, more than 80% of Yunnan's import and export materials were transshipped through Mengzi.
Yunnan's first customs, the first telegraph office, the first post office, the first foreign bank, the first private railway, the first foreign-funded enterprise, the first consulate in Yunnan, the first thermal power station and many other firsts were produced here.
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The name of Mengzi, first seen in the Yuan Dynasty, was named after being located in Muze Mountain, which is called "Mother Bai Mo" in Yi language, meaning a towering mountain peak.
Mengzi County was established in the Western Han Dynasty. Yuanfeng county was established in the second year of the Western Han Dynasty, and Mengzi county was established in the thirteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty. The name of Mengzi is still in use today.
1957165438+1October 18, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture was established in Mengzi,1July, 958, the state capital moved from Mengzi to Gejiu.
In July 2003, the People's Government of Yunnan Province put forward the strategic concept of "building a central city in southern Yunnan" and identified Mengzi as the core area of the central city in southern Yunnan.
In June 2003, the state capital moved back to Mengzi. 20 10 withdraw county and set up city.
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