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 city. It is the only Maonan aut ...

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, 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 Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

(1644–1911), it belonged to Si'en County (). In 1933 during the

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, 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 (, ) is a county of Hechi City, in the northwest of Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South ...

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 o ...

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.

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is one of the important economic crops in the region. The region abounds with iron,

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zinc Zinc is a chemical element; it has symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It 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 periodic tabl ...

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 el ...

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

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

Red Guards The Red Guards () were a mass, student-led, paramilitary social movement mobilized by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 until their abolition in 1968, during the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, which he had instituted.Teiwes According to a ...

during the ten-year

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References

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