Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an
autonomous county
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of
Yao people in the
Province
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of
Hunan
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, China, it is under the administration of
Yongzhou Prefecture-level City.
Located on the southernmost margin of the province, it lies to the west of the border with
Guangxi
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, and the north of the border with
Guangdong
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. The county is bordered to the north by
Dao
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* Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept
* Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword
* Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people
People and language
* Yao people, a minority ethnic ...
and
Ningyuan Counties, to the northeast by
Lanshan County, to the east by
Lianzhou City,
Liannan
Liannan Yao Autonomous County ( postal: Linnam; ) is located in the north of Guangdong province, China, and is part of Qingyuan prefecture-level city. More than half the population of the county is part of the Yao people.
Climate
See also
* ...
and
Lianshan Counties of Guangdong, to the south by
Babu and
Pinggui District
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s of
Hezhou City and
Zhongshan County
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of Guangxi, to the west by
Fuchuan County of Guangxi and
Jiangyong County. Jianghua County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 521,400 and a resident population of 429,100.
[the population of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jianghua County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年江华县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)]
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and 7 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat
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is Tuojiang
The Tuo River (; pinyin: Tuó Jiāng) is -long river in Sichuan province of southern China.
The Tuo River is one of the major tributaries of the upper Yangtze River (''Chang Jiang'').
Geography
The river originates at the northwest edge of Sich ...
().[the divisions of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jianghua County on November 19, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意江华瑶族自治县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕48号)]
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also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》
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Administrative divisions
;9 towns
* Baimangying ()
* Centianhe ()
* Dalupu ()
* Dayu Dayu may refer to:
* Dayu, Banmauk, Sagaing Region, Burma
* Yu (Stargate), a Goa'uld System Lord in the TV show ''Stargate SG-1''
*Softstar (大宇資訊), a Chinese language video game developer and publisher.
China
*Yu the Great (大禹), legend ...
()
* Helukou ()
* Mashi ()
* Shuikou
Shuikou may refer to:
*Shuikou, Meizhou, a town in Xingning City, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, China
*Shuikou, Yanling, a town in Yanling County, Huzhou, Hunan Province, China
* Shuikou, Gutian, a town in Gutian County, Ningde, Fujian Province, C ...
()
* Taoyu ()
* Tuojiang
The Tuo River (; pinyin: Tuó Jiāng) is -long river in Sichuan province of southern China.
The Tuo River is one of the major tributaries of the upper Yangtze River (''Chang Jiang'').
Geography
The river originates at the northwest edge of Sich ...
()
;6 townships
* Dashiqiao ()
* Daxi Dàxī may refer to:
Mainland China
*Daxi (大西) dynasty, a short-lived dynasty (1643–1646) established by Zhang Xianzhong
*Daxi Creek (大溪), tributary of the Xitao River in Anji County, Zhejiang
*Daxi culture (5000 BC–3000 BC), Neolithic ...
()
* Jiepai ()
* Qiaoshi ()
* Weizhukou ()
* Xiangjiang ()
;1 ethnic township
* Zhuang Xiaoyu Zhuang may refer to:
*Zhuang people (or Bouxcuengh people), ethnic group in China
*Zhuang languages
*Zhuang logogram
*Zhuang Zhou, ancient Chinese philosopher
*Zhuang (surname)
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()
Climate
References
www.xzqh.org
External links
County-level divisions of Hunan
Yongzhou
Yao autonomous counties
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