Chuanshan () is a town in

Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County ( Zhuang: ; ) is an ethnic Maonan autonomous county in the north of Guangxi, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and northwest. It is under the administration of Hechi Hechi () is a prefecture-level ...

, Guangxi, China. As of the 2019 census it had a population of 47,613 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2021, the town is divided into two communities and eighteen villages: *Youdong Community () *Mulun Community () *Linlang () *Tongban () *Duchuan () *Gubin () *Wuwei () *Xiarong () *Donggan () *Dingji () *Leyi () *Chajiang () *Tangwan () *Xiajiu () *Dongshan () *Xiagan () *Xiafeng () *Baidan () *Shecun () *Hedun ()

History

During the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

(1644–1911), it belonged to Si'en County (). In 1933 during the Republic of China, Youdong Township () was founded. In 1951, it was under the jurisdiction of the 3rd District. In 1955, Tongshan District () was set up. In 1958, it was renamed Chuanshan People's Commune () and then Chuanshan District in 1962. It was incorporated as a township in 1984. In 1997, it was upgraded to a town. In 2005, Mulun Township () was merged into the town.

Geography

The town lies at the northwestern of

, bordering

Nandan County Nandan (, za, Nanzdanh) is a county of Hechi City, in the northwest of Guangxi, China. It has an area of and a population of (2010). Administrative divisions There are 7 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township in the county. Towns: * Chenggu ...

to the west, Xianan Township to the south,

Libo County Libo County () is a county of southern Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Geography The county is located in the remote southeastern corner ...

to the north, and Luoyang Town to the east. The highest point in the town is Gaodong Mountain () which stands above sea level. The lowest point is the village of Xiajiu (), which, at above sea level. There are four rivers in the town: Dagou River (), Shecun River (), Duchuan River (), and Gubin River (). The town is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of , total annual rainfall of , a frost-free period of 300 days and annual average sunshine hours in 146 hours.

Economy

The economy is supported primarily by agriculture and mineral resources. Significant crops include rice and corn. Sugarcane is one of the important economic crops in the region. The region abounds with iron,

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodi ...

and

arsenopyrite Arsenopyrite ( IMA symbol: Apy) is an iron arsenic sulfide (FeAsS). It is a hard ( Mohs 5.5-6) metallic, opaque, steel grey to silver white mineral with a relatively high specific gravity of 6.1. When dissolved in nitric acid, it releases elem ...

Demographics

The 2019 census reported the town had a population of 47,613.

Transportation

The Provincial Highway S205 passes across the eastern town.

Tourist attractions

Chuanshan Temple was a Buddhist temple in the town, originally built by a monk from Emei Mountain, and was completely destroyed by the

Red Guards Red Guards () were a mass student-led paramilitary social movement mobilized and guided by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 through 1967, during the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, which he had instituted.Teiwes According to a Red Guard lead ...

during the ten-year

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

References

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