Mường Luân

Mường Luân
—  Commune and village  —
Mường Luân Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 21°25′N 103°19′E / 21.417°N 103.317°E / 21.417; 103.317
Country	Vietnam
Province	Dien Bien Province
District	Dien Bien Dong District
Area
– Total	62.4 km2 (24.1 sq mi)
Population
– Total	3,473
– Density	0.56/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC+7)

Mường Luân is a commune (xã) and village of the Dien Bien Dong District of Dien Bien Province, northwestern Vietnam.^[1] It lies about 100km from Dien Bien Dong town. The commune covers an area of 62.4 square kilometres and has a reported population of 3473.^[2] The average elevation of the commune is 1,700m. A reported 36% of the population live below the poverty line.^[3] The village itself has a population of about 600 people in 80 households.^[3]

A 25-meter wide irrigation dam and irrigation canal has been built within the commune, first proposed project by the Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam with the provincial authorities in August 1999.^[3] Completed in April 2001, the dam is 2.8 meters high with a 1,680 meter canal (80 meters cement and 1,600 meters dirt) and irrigates some 22 hectares of rice fields, a 2.5 hectare fish pond.^[3] The irrigation scheme has a target to increase rice production from 2.75 to 3.55 metric tons annually per hectare.^[3]

References

1. ^ Vietnam. Tổng cục thống kê (2004). Danh mục các đơn vị hành chính Việt Nam, 2004: ban hành theo QĐ số 124/2004/QĐ-TTg ngày 8/7/2004 của Thủ tướng Chính phủ. Nhà xuất bản Thống kê. p. 57. http://books.google.com/books?id=2_-OAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
2. ^ "Xã Mường Luân". Vietgle. http://www.vietgle.vn/trithucviet/detail.aspx?pid=&key=X%C3%A3%20M%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dng%20Lu%C3%A2n&type=A0&stype=0. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "PROJECT NUMBER 9: INSTALLATION OF IRRIGATION DAM AND CANAL MUONG LUAN COMMUNE, DIEN BIEN DISTRICT, LAI CHAU PROVINCE". Foundation for Microprojects in Vietnam. http://www.microprojects-vietnam.org/report.php?lang=en&idx=9. Retrieved 11 October 2011.