Tengchong

Tengchong 腾冲市
County-level city
Clockwise: Tengchong Confucius Temple, Tengchong City Hall, Beihai Wetland, Tengchong volcanic field, Rehai Hot Spring, Heshun Old Town
Location of Tengchong (pink) in Baoshan City (yellow) and Yunnan
Tengchong Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates: 25°01′N 98°29′E / 25.017°N 98.483°E / 25.017; 98.483
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture-level city	Baoshan
Area
• Total	5,845 km2 (2,257 sq mi)
Elevation	1,667 m (5,469 ft)
Population [1]
• Total	620,000
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	679100
Area code	0875
Website	www.tengchong.gov.cn
Yunnan Portal

Tengchong (simplified Chinese: 腾冲; traditional Chinese: 騰衝; pinyin: Téngchōng) 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 (Chinese: 腾越; pinyin: Téngyuè) 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.

It borders with Myanmar in the northwest for 151 km (94 mi). By road, it is 650 km (400 mi) west of the provincial capital, Kunming, and 170 km (110 mi) westward from Baoshan's urban area.

Tengchong marks the southwestern terminus of the Heihe–Tengchong Line, an imaginary line significant in geography that divides the area of China into two roughly equal parts.