Tengchong City

Also known as Tenchong, Tengchong Xian

Tengchong () is a county-level city of Baoshan City, western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It is well known for its volcanic activity. The city is named after the town of Tengchong which serves as its political center, previously known as Tengyue () in Chinese. English language sources of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries use names such as Teng-Chung, Tingyueh, Teng Yueh, Momein and Momien.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tengchong
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_map: 腾冲市位置图.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tengchong (red) in Baoshan City (pink) and Yunnan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Yunnan
Settlement.pushpin_label: Tengchong
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the seat in Yunnan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

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Contents

History
Early history
The British
World War II
Geography
Climate
Administrative divisions
Economy
Natural resources
Transport
Airport
Tourism
Conservation Carbon Project
See also
References
Further reading
External links

==Administrative divisions== Tengchong county-level city administers 11 towns and seven townships. The most notable town under Tengchong's jurisdiction is Heshun, a historical town 4 km west from Tengchong's city centre. 11 towns Tengyue () Gudong () Diantan () Houqiao () Heshun () Jietou () Qushi () Mingguang () Zhonghe () Mangbang () Hehua () 7 townships Mazhan () Beihai () Qingshui () Wuhe () Xinhua () Puchuan () Tuantian ()

==Economy== thumb|A traditional oil-paper umbrella from Tengchong Tengchong's industry and handicraft work were fostered during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, nearly 400 years ago. Factories and workshops were set up first by importing equipment from abroad. Earlier products included textile goods, leather, soaps, battery, cigarettes, matches, etc. They found market in West Yunnan and Burma and Southeast Asian countries. Since the founding of the People's Republic, a more complete industrial system was formed, comprising 32 departments like power generating, metallurgy, machinery, paper making, textile industry, matches production, pharmacy, tanning, chemical industry, sugar refining, tea leaves refining, food processing, etc. The major products include refined tin, pig iron, crude lead, timber, plywood, cement, refractory, diatomite filtration promoter, sulphuric acid, caustic soda, hydrochlorite potassium chlorate, calcium phdrogen phosphate, paper, canesugar, refined tea leaves, preserved fruits, edible oil, matches, Chinese medicine, etc. The matches, Chinese medicine, refined tin, refined tea leaves and the "xuanzhi" (a high quality writing paper originally produced in Xuancheng) enjoy high reputation abroad.