| Longchuan County | |
| Translit Lang1: | Other |
| Translit Lang1 Type2: | Pinyin |
| Translit Lang1 Type3: | Tai Nuea |
| Translit Lang1 Type4: | Jingpho |
| Translit Lang1 Info4: | Kachin; Jingpho: Nshon Ginwang |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | Yunnan#China |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within China |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yunnan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dehong |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Zhangfeng |
| Area Total Km2: | 1931 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 181364 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 678700 |
| Area Code: | 0692 |
Longchuan County (; tdd|ᥔᥦᥢᥱ ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥝᥢᥰ; Jingpho: Kachin; Jingpho: Nshon Ginwang; th|เมืองวัน) is a county located in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, southwestern China.
The county seat is in Zhangfeng Town (Chinese: 章凤镇).
Three other townships have been upgraded to town (镇, zhen) status: Longba (陇把), Chengzi (城子), Jinghan (景罕)
At present, Longchuan County has 4 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township.[2]
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Many citizens of Dehong Prefecture belong to the Jingpo-nation ethnic group, an official minority in the People's Republic of China. They are one and the same as the people of Kachin State, the adjacent part of Myanmar, and ethno-linguistic ties are strong.
Möng Wan was the commumicate of Tai people since more than 1,000 years ago in 1384 the formal first saopha was established here the first ruler come from Möng Mao but in 1441 Kawng Chai, the local Tai people made coup état to the descendants royal from Möng Mao and established himself to be saopha instead the original lineage, they have 28 saophas who were descendants from Kawng Chai to mid of 1900s