Dachang Hui Autonomous County (;
Xiao'erjing:
) is a
Hui autonomous county of
Hebei province. It is under the administration of
Langfang prefecture-level city, and was established in 1955. The Hui Muslim county of Dachang was
subjected to slaughter by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Together with
Sanhe City, and
Xianghe County
Xianghe County () is a county of central Hebei province. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city. Xianghe has 7 towns and 2 townships. It is southeast of Beijing.
Sanhe city, Dachang Hui Autonomous County and Xianghe Cou ...
, it forms the , an
exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
of
Hebei province surrounded by the municipalities of
Beijing and
Tianjin, and itself borders Beijing to the west.
A Dachang Hui Imam, Ma Zhenwu, wrote a Qur'an translation into Chinese including Chinese characters and
Xiao'erjing.
The county spans an area of , and has a population of about 134,000 people as of 2019.
Administrative divisions
The county administers one
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, In ...
and five
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
.
The county also administers the
Hebei Dachang High-tech Industrial Development Zone
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0. ...
, which serves as a
township-level division.
These township-level divisions then administer 16
residential communities, and 105
administrative villages.
Dachang's sole subdistrict is .
Dachang's five towns are , , ,
Shaofu
Shaofu Town () is a town situated in Dachang Hui Autonomous County in Langfang, Hebei, China.
Administrative divisions
The town is divided into 8 administrative villages: Shaofu Village (), Darenzhuang Village (), Nanjiagezhuang Village (), Ta ...
, and
Chenfu
Chenfu () is a town of Dachang Hui Autonomous County in the centre of the Sanhe exclave of Hebei province, China. Chenfu is situated less than southeast of the county seat.
Administrative divisions
As of 2020, Chenfu has 21 administrative vi ...
.
Geography
The county is bounded by the
Chaobai River, across from which is
Tongzhou District in
Beijing.
Dachang's county center lies from
Tiananmen Square, and from the center of
Tianjin.
34.2% of the county is forested.
Climate
Demographics
As of 2019, Dachang is home to about 27,400
Hui people
The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the ...
, comprising approximately 20.45% of the county's population.
Economy
As of 2019, Dachang's
gross domestic product totaled ¥16.48 billion.
The county's urban residents have an annual per capita
disposable income of ¥45,044, and the county's rural residents have an annual per capita disposable income of ¥18,418.
Transportation
A number of expressways pass through the county, including the
Jingping Expressway, the
Jingqin Expressway, the
Beijing–Harbin Expressway, and the
G95 Capital Area Loop Expressway
The Capital Area Loop Expressway () is an orbital expressway encircling the city of Beijing. It is designated G95. The road was completed in December 2016. Colloquially, the road is also referred to as Beijing's 7th ring road, though only of t ...
.
Five passenger bus lines link Dachang to
Beijing.
The
Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway
Beijing–Tangshan intercity railway is a high-speed railway connecting Beijing and Tangshan in eastern Hebei. The railway opened on 30 December 2022.
From Beijing railway station to Baodi railway station, the Beijing–Binhai intercity railway ...
is planned to run through the county, but is still under construction as of 2021.
References
External links
Dachang Hui Autonomous County government website
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County-level divisions of Hebei
Enclaves and exclaves
Hui autonomous counties
Langfang