Get to know Pu'er
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Yunnan
- Chinese name
- 普洱市
- Local areas
- 10 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 44,264.79 km²
- Population · 2010
- 2,542,898
- Administrative seat
- Simao District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Transport
Asian Highway Network AH3 It is a highway in the Asian Highway system, 7,331 kilometers (4,555 miles) long. China National Highway 213 This national highway is a national highway in northwest and southwest China. It starts from Xigu District, Lanzhou City and ends at Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture. It has a total length of 2,827 kilometers and passes through the four provinces of Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Kunming–Bangkok Expressway The total length is 1,880 kilometers, starting from the Kunming Toll Station at the entrance of Kunming Yuxi Expressway in the east and ending in Bangkok, Thailand. The entire line consists of a section in China, a section in Laos and a section in Thailand. It was officially opened to traffic in December 2008. Pu'er Simao Airport Pu'er Simao Airport is located at the southeastern foothills of Wuliang Mountain in southwest Yunnan and east of the Lancang River. The airport covers an area of 1,487 acres. The flight area is graded 4C. The runway is 2,500 meters long, 45 meters wide, and has 3 parking spaces. Pu'er Railway Station opened on December 3, 2021, can be reached by high-speed rail to Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, and other cities.
Explore Pu'er
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Mojiang 墨江
Puer 普洱
Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forests 景迈山古茶林
Nayun Ancient Town 娜允古镇
Nakeli Tea Horse Road 那柯里茶马古道
Mohei Ancient Town 磨黑古镇
Pu'er National Park Xiniuping 普洱国家公园犀牛坪
Chinese Pu'er Tea Expo Garden 中华普洱茶博览苑
Wuliang Mountains Nature Observation Trail 无量山正规开放自然观察线路
Jingdong Confucian Temple 景东文庙
Laodabao Music Village 老达保音乐小镇
Mengsuo Dragon Pool 勐梭龙潭
Qianjiazhai Ancient Tea Tree Visitor Area 千家寨古茶树开放参访区
Simao District 思茅区
Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County 墨江哈尼族自治县
Jingdong Yi Autonomous County 景东彝族自治县
Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County 景谷傣族彝族自治县
Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County 江城哈尼族彝族自治县
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County 澜沧拉祜族自治县
Ximeng Va Autonomous County 西盟佤族自治县
Places to explore around Pu'er
An aerial view of Mojiang, photographed in October 2024 · 墨江 Photograph date recorded by the source: 6 October 2024, 08:28:06.Mojiang墨江
Mojiang gives the Tropic of Cancer a physical visitor setting. Its Tropic of Cancer Symbol Park uses a main marker, sundial and other installations to explain the relationship between the sun, latitude and seasons. The broader…
Read the place guide →The Grand Theater at Pu'er Culture Center (普洱文化中心普洱大剧院), photographed in October 2024. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2024-10-07 10:59:23.Puer普洱
Pu’er’s urban centre in Simao offers a practical introduction to the region’s tea history. The municipal museum at the Culture Centre presents ethnic, tea and Tea Horse Road themes, while the separate Tea Horse Road scenic area…
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Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forests · 景迈山古茶林Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forests景迈山古茶林
Jingmai’s tea landscape combines cultivated tea trees beneath taller forest with long-established Dai and Bulang villages. Dapingzhang provides an accessible introduction to the tea-forest structure, while Nuogan and Wengji…
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Nayun Ancient Town · 娜允古镇Nayun Ancient Town娜允古镇
Nayun (娜允), the old town of Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County, Pu'er, is built around the Menglian Xuanfusi, the former office of a hereditary Dai chieftaincy known in Dai as 贺罕 ('Golden Palace').
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A stone-paved section of the historic Nakeli Ancient Tea-Horse Road, Ning'er County · 普洱市宁洱县那柯里茶马古道石板古道 Source-recorded photograph date: 2025-01-25 13:27:06.Nakeli Tea Horse Road那柯里茶马古道
Nakeli (那柯里), in Tongxin township, Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er, was a stopping post on the Tea-Horse Road about a day's travel from the old Pu'er prefectural seat.
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Mohei Ancient Town · 磨黑古镇Mohei Ancient Town磨黑古镇
Mohei (磨黑), in northeastern Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er, is a former salt-mining town on the southern Yunnan section of the Tea-Horse Road; its name is a Dai-language term meaning 'salt well place'.
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Pu'er National Park Xiniuping · 普洱国家公园犀牛坪Pu'er National Park Xiniuping普洱国家公园犀牛坪
Xiniuping (犀牛坪), meaning 'Rhino Flat', is a scenic zone within Pu'er National Park (also known as Sun River National Forest Park) in Simao District, Pu'er, named for a rhinoceros-population reconstruction project.
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A panoramic view over the tea terraces and hills of the Chinese Pu'er Tea Expo Garden, Pu'er · 普洱市思茅区中华普洱茶博览苑，茶山丘陵全景 Source-recorded photograph date: 2025-01-17 16:22:07.Chinese Pu'er Tea Expo Garden中华普洱茶博览苑
The Chinese Pu'er Tea Expo Garden (中华普洱茶博览苑), in Simao District, Pu'er, is a themed tea-culture park set within a ten-thousand-mu tea plantation.
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Wuliang Mountains Nature Observation Trail · 无量山正规开放自然观察线路Wuliang Mountains Nature Observation Trail无量山正规开放自然观察线路
Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er, holds the Jingdong section of the Wuliang Mountain National Nature Reserve, a stronghold of the western black-crested gibbon.
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Jingdong Confucian Temple景东文庙
Confucian temple founded in 1442 in Jingdong, Pu'er, rebuilt on its east-facing hillside site in 1682 and a national heritage site since 2013.
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Laodabao Music Village · 老达保音乐小镇Laodabao Music Village老达保音乐小镇
Laodabao (老达保), in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er, is a Lahu village known as the 'Music Village' for its role as an inheritance site of the national intangible-heritage oral epic 牡帕密帕 (Mupa Mipa).
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Mengsuo Dragon Pool · 勐梭龙潭Mengsuo Dragon Pool勐梭龙潭
Mengsuo Dragon Pool (勐梭龙潭), in Ximeng Va Autonomous County, Pu'er, is a natural tropical-rainforest freshwater lake at the core of a national AAAA scenic area combining rainforest lake scenery with Va ethnic culture.
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Qianjiazhai Ancient Tea Tree Visitor Area · 千家寨古茶树开放参访区Qianjiazhai Ancient Tea Tree Visitor Area千家寨古茶树开放参访区
Qianjiazhai (千家寨), in Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er, lies between the Ailao and Wuliang mountains and holds a wild tea tree recorded at roughly 2,700 years old, giving the area its reputation as the hometown of the world's wild tea tree king.
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Pu'er local specialties
普洱市特色美食 · 11 specialties to discover
Pu'er chicken curd 鸡豆腐AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图
Pu'er chicken curd (鸡豆腐) is a dish from Simao (思茅) in Pu'er (普洱), Yunnan. It is made from pounded chicken breast and beaten egg, simmered in clear stock until they set like soft tofu.
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Fish with Sour Bamboo Shoots 酸笋鱼
Fish with Sour Bamboo Shoots (酸笋鱼) has a documented local form in Simao District (思茅区), Pu’er (普洱), where sour-shoot huiyu (酸笋烩鱼) is eaten for its sharp, spicy and fresh flavour.
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Lancang Lahu Grilled Meat 澜沧拉祜烤肉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Lancang Lahu Grilled Meat (澜沧拉祜烤肉) is listed among the local specialties of Pu'er, Yunnan. 烤 describes roasting or grilling.
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Menglian Beef Sapie 孟连牛撒撇
Menglian Beef Sapie (孟连牛撒撇) is listed among the local specialties of Pu'er, Yunnan. The name includes 牛 (beef).
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Jingdong Fire-Roasted Pork 景东火烧猪AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Jingdong Fire-Roasted Pork (景东火烧猪) is a signature dish of the Yi (彝族) people of Jingdong County (景东县) in Pu'er (普洱), Yunnan.
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Ning'er Triangle Flatbread 宁洱三尖角粑粑AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Ning'er Triangle Flatbread (宁洱三尖角粑粑) is listed among the local specialties of Pu'er, Yunnan. It is grouped here with street food & snacks; retain the complete Chinese name when comparing local menus.
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Zhenyuan Piao Chicken 镇沅瓢鸡AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Zhenyuan Piao Chicken (镇沅瓢鸡) is a tailless local chicken from Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County (镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县) in Pu'er (普洱), Yunnan, and the dishes cooked from it.
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Mojiang Purple Rice 墨江紫米饭AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Mojiang Purple Rice (墨江紫米饭) is rice cooked from Mojiang purple rice (墨江紫米), the grain of Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (墨江哈尼族自治县) in the north of Pu'er (普洱), southern Yunnan.
Read the dish guide →All dish names · 全部菜名 (11)
- Pu'er chicken curd · 鸡豆腐
- Fish with Sour Bamboo Shoots · 酸笋鱼
- Lancang Lahu Grilled Meat · 澜沧拉祜烤肉
- Menglian Beef Sapie · 孟连牛撒撇
- Jingdong Fire-Roasted Pork · 景东火烧猪
- Ning'er Triangle Flatbread · 宁洱三尖角粑粑
- Zhenyuan Piao Chicken · 镇沅瓢鸡
- Mojiang Purple Rice · 墨江紫米饭
- Jiangcheng Slow-Boiled Beef · 江城牛烂烀
- Wa Chicken Rice Porridge · 佤族鸡肉烂饭
- Pu'er Tea Rice · 普洱茶饭
More dishes from across Yunnan are in the Yunnan food guide.
Counties & districts in Pu'er
10 areas belong directly to Pu'er.
10 areas
Simao District 思茅区
Simao District is a district under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China. It is the seat of Pu'er Prefecture.
Explore the area →Autonomous countyNing'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县
The Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City in the south of Yunnan Province, China.
Explore the area →Autonomous countyMojiang Hani Autonomous County 墨江哈尼族自治县
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 墨江哈尼族自治县; traditional Chinese: 墨江哈尼族自治縣; pinyin: Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn; Hani: Meiqjal Haqniqssaq Ziiqziifxeif) is an autonomous county under the…
Explore the area →Autonomous countyJingdong Yi Autonomous County 景东彝族自治县
Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 景东彝族自治县; traditional Chinese: 景東彝族自治縣; pinyin: Jǐngdōng Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Tai Nüa: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥖᥧᥒᥴ) is an autonomous county in southern Yunnan Province, China.
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Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County 景谷傣族彝族自治县
Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China.
Explore the area →Autonomous countyZhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县
Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县; traditional Chinese: 鎮沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣; pinyin: Zhènyuán Yízú Hānízú Lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn; Hani: Ceiqyiq Haqhholssaq Haqniqssaq…
Explore the area →Autonomous countyJiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County 江城哈尼族彝族自治县
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 江城哈尼族彝族自治县; traditional Chinese: 江城哈尼族彝族自治縣; pinyin: Jiāngchéng Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Hani: Jalceiq Haqniqssaq Haqhholssaq Ziiqziifxeif) is an…
Explore the area →Autonomous countyMenglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 孟连傣族拉祜族佤族自治县; traditional Chinese: 孟連傣族拉祜族佤族自治縣; pinyin: Mènglián Dǎizú Lāhùzú Wǎzú Zìzhìxiàn; Awa: gaeng līam) is an autonomous county in the…
Explore the area →Autonomous countyLancang Lahu Autonomous County 澜沧拉祜族自治县
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 澜沧拉祜族自治县; traditional Chinese: 瀾滄拉祜族自治縣; pinyin: Láncāng Lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn; Lahu: Laq Cha Lad Hof Ceol Ziq Ziq Sheq) is an autonomous county under the…
Explore the area →Autonomous countyXimeng Va Autonomous County 西盟佤族自治县
Ximeng Va Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in the southwest of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Myanmar's Shan State to the west.
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Mojiang and Puer are about 100 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Background text adapted from Pu'er City — Wikipedia contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text has been shortened and reorganized; source revision 1373422774.
Photo: Mojiang · 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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Photo: Pu'er National Park Xiniuping · 維基小霸王 · CC BY-SA 4.0. EXIF orientation normalized; resized without changing aspect ratio; converted to WebP. No subject edits.
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