The invention provides a method for treating ammonia nitrogen wastewater, which relates to a method for treating the ammonia nitrogen wastewater by using an adsorption method. The method is characterized in that in the treating process, a natural manganese mineral is used as an adsorbent to perform adsorption reaction with the ammonia nitrogen wastewater so as to remove the ammonia nitrogen in thewastewater. The natural manganese mineral is crushed into a manganese mineral adsorbent of 0-2 millimeters, the pH value of the wastewater containing the ammonia nitrogen is adjusted to be between 2and 12 by using acid or alkali, then the manganese mineral adsorbent contacts and is mixed with the ammonia nitrogen wastewater to perform adsorption, and the adsorption can be performed by adopting afixed bed adsorption column or in a stirring and mixing mode. When the fixed bed adsorption column is adopted for adsorption, the manganese mineral after being crushed is classified to remove fine particles for the best so as to improve the permeability of the adsorption column; and in the same way, when the stirring and mixing mode is adopted, the manganese mineral after being crushed is classified to remove coarse particles for the best so as to reduce the abrasion to equipment. The natural manganese mineral applicable to the method comprises a terrestrial manganese oxide mineral, an oceanpolymetallic nodule, an ocean cobalt-rich incrustation and a terrestrial manganese nodule, the natural manganese minerals usually contain manganese minerals of cryptomelane, todorokite, birnessite, vernadite, rancieite, pyrolusite and the like, have good pore structure and large specific surface area so as to have good adsorption property, and can be used as the adsorbent for treating the ammonianitrogen wastewater after being crushed into certain particle size, and the manganese minerals have the advantages of simple process, easy reproduction and stable performance.