Town Profile of Mengtong Town

Mengtong Town is located in the west of Zhucheng City, 38 kilometers away from Zhucheng, neighboring Jiaokeng Township, Shijiang Township and Luoshi Town. The town government is located in Mengtongtou. The whole territory is 15 kilometers long from north to south and 10 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 128,302 thousand square kilometers. It has a forest area of 102,100 mu, accounting for 53% of the land area.5 The cultivated land area is 60,190 mu (37,000 mu of actual cultivated land, and the rest of the cultivated area is suitable for agriculture), accounting for 31% of the land area, and the water area is 412, accounting for 7.5% of the land area. Mengtong Township has 11 village committees and 205 village groups. at the end of 2002, the total number of households in Mengtong Township was 9,204, of which 1,176 were non-agricultural households. The population of Mengtong Township is 35,353, of which 500 are non-agricultural. In October 1998, the provincial government approved the official withdrawal of the township and the establishment of the township.