Lejiang () is a town in

Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County Longsheng Various Nationalities (Gezu) Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; za, Lungzhingz Gakcuz Swciyen; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the nort ...

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

, China. As of the 2018 census it had a population of 19,039 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into thirteen villages: * Jinping () * Lejiang () * Jiangkou () * Liangping () * Shijing () * Shijia () * Guangming () * Dujing () * Diling () * Daxiong () * Baozeng () * Tongle () * Xiyao ()

History

It belonged to Piaoli Township () between December 1949 and September 1987. On September 17, 1987, some villages separated from Piaoli Township and formed Lejiang Township. On November 16, 2018, it was upgraded to a town. On December 9, 2016, the villages of Baozeng, Diling and Shijia was listed among the fourth group of "List of Traditional Villages in China" by the

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Geography

The town is situated at northwestern

. It borders Weijiang Township and Pingdeng Town in the northeast, Piaoli Town in the south, and

Tongdao Dong Autonomous County Tongdao (the full name: "''Tongdao Dong Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Tongdao County''", ) is an autonomous county of Dong people in Hunan, Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of ...

in the northwest. There are ten rivers and streams in the town. The

Xun River The Xun River ( Chinese: 浔江, pinyin: Xún Jiāng, jyutping: ''Cham4 Gong1'') is a short section of the main branch of the Pearl River system upstream from the Xi Jiang in China. Although less than 200km long, it is of considerable importance ...

winds through the town.

Economy

The region abounds with jade, coal, copper,

antimony Antimony is a chemical element with the symbol Sb (from la, stibium) and atomic number 51. A lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient time ...

, and

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Transportation

The

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, more commonly known as "Bao-Mao Expressway", runs west to east through the southern town.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lejiang Towns of Guilin