Hongtangying (

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: 洪塘营瑶族乡) is the most remote of 3 Yao ethnic minority

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

in southeastern

Dao County Dao County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northeastern border of Guangxi. The county borders to the ...

Yongzhou Yongzhou, formerly known as Lingling, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and b ...

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Hongtangying has at least 47 villages, with thousands of women and children. The town is located within the

Jiuyi Mountains The Jiuyi Mountains ( ''Jiuyi Shan'') are a mountain range in Hunan province, China. They are located in the Yongzhou, Ningyuan County, Ningyuan and Lanshan County, Lanshan region, bordering Guangdong province. They are part of the Mengzhu Mountai ...

Location

Hongtingying's location on

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is exactly the

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of its township

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(its government office), the committee is located on the 071

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(X071) and is surrounded by several other complexed, surrounding small

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s, a sign of significant

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. Google's

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shows Hongtangying consists mainly of organized

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s and

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s, with occasional large households sometimes located on main roads. The town also has its center town

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(Hongtangyingcun) Hongtangying is on the Yangtze Tectonic Plate in

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. The two following tables show distances of places from the center of Hongtangying, the first table, showing 10 villages of Hongtangying, and the second showing a variety of different places including mines and deposits.

Obstetrics

Until 2008, Hongtangying only had one

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, Yuan Lianjiao, who treats 1,200 patients each year, and has delivered over 3,000 babies. The obstetrician had reduced

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in Hongtangying and eradicated

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among newborns.

Business

Hongtangying is home to a company named Peng Yixing, formed in Langnihu Village of Hongtangying. The company's trademark was organized in September 2020. There are several other businesses and personal loans (banks) in Hongtangying.

History

In 1967, the Yao population of the township was 'assimilated into the dominant

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. In 1967, Pan Jiarui was the township's CCP secretary and he 'demonstrated his revolutionary mettle by establishing

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s and calling several "four chiefs" meetings, during which he criticised some brigades'. 'The production brigade (village) of Huangjiatang was situated in the northernmost portion of Hongtangying, bordering Gongba Village'. Four members of a landlord's offspring, Yang Jieqiao's family were killed in the township in late August 1967, Yang himself managed to escape and 'sought refuge with relatives in the Miaoziyuan brigade of

Jianghua County Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located ...

'. In 1967, Hongtangying had a primary school located on mountainous terrain, at the time, being a school teacher was one of many civilian jobs that someone could be transferred to from the military.

Climate

Hongtangying has a

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and a site on

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References

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