• Oakland
  • Menghai County

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city.

Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large rancho grant in the colony of New Spain. Its land served as a resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco. The fertile flatland soils helped it become a prolific agricultural region. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the population, increasing its housing stock, and improving its infrastructure. It continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry.

Menghai County, located in the southwest of Yunnan Province and the west of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, is located between 99 °56 °E and 100 °41'E and 21 °28 °M ü r 22 °28'N. It is bordered by Jinghong City to the east, Simao City to the northeast, Lancang County to the northwest and Myanmar to the west and south. The border is 146.6 kilometers long. The east-west horizontal distance is 77 km, the north-south vertical distance is 115km, with a total area of 5511 square kilometers, of which mountain area accounts for 93.45%, dam area accounts for 6.55%, the highest elevation is 2429 meters, and the lowest elevation is 535m. With a total population of 331850 (2010), the government is stationed in Menghai Town. Menghai County is the hometown of the world-famous "Pu'er tea" and the earliest place of tea production in China. It has the wild "tea tree king" of 1700 years ago.
Travel Notes In Menghai County