Nabang, Yingjiang County

Nabang
那邦镇
Nabang is located in Yunnan
Nabang
Nabang
Location in Yunnan
Coordinates: 24°44′53″N 97°33′32″E / 24.74806°N 97.55889°E / 24.74806; 97.55889
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureDehong
CountyYingjiang
Elevation
858 m (2,815 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Nabang (Chinese: 那邦; pinyin: Nàbāng; lit. 'That state') is a town in Yingjiang County in western Yunnan province, China.[1] As of 2023, it has three villages under its administration - Nabang, Jiedao and Daonong.[2]

The town borders Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar and Nabang port border crossing saw approximately fifty thousand monthly border crossings- with a significant rural migrant worker population.[3]

The town has a diversion hydropower plant powered by a diversion canal built in 2011 with a 180 MW nameplate capacity.[4] The plant was built Yingjiang Huafu, with project involvement by United Kingdom-based Climate Bridge. It became operational in 2012.[5]

  1. ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. ^ 统计用区划代码:那邦镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  3. ^ Huang, Fang; Li, Shi-Gang; Tian, Peng; Guo, Xiang-Rui; Xia, Zhi-Gui; Zhou, Shui-Sen; Zhou, Hong-Ning; Zhou, Xiao-Nong (2021). "A retrospective analysis of malaria epidemiological characteristics in Yingjiang County on the China–Myanmar border". Scientific Reports. 11 (14129). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-93734-3. PMC 8266812.
  4. ^ "Nabang Hydropower Station". herrenknecht.com. 2011.
  5. ^ "Project 7181 : Yunnan Dehong Yingjiang Nabang Hydropower Station".