Pingdeng () 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 28,800 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2016, the town is divided into twenty-one villages and one community: * Pingdeng Community () * Paotian () * Guangnan () * Pingdeng () * Longping () * Banhe () * Xinyuan () * Gudong () * Mengdong () * Zhaizhen () * Pingdeng () * Yingzhou () * Luohan () * Xiaojiang () * Chengtian () * Taiping () * Ping'an () * Jiahe () * Liuli () * Dongshe () * Changbei () * Longjiang ()

History

The town was historically known as "Pengteng" in

Kam language The Kam language, also known as Gam (autonym: ''lix Gaeml''), or in Chinese, Dong or Tung-Chia, is a Kam–Sui language spoken by the Dong people. ''Ethnologue'' distinguishes three Kam varieties as separate but closely related languages. Dia ...

. It was named "Pingdeng" () in Chinese language. In early Republic of China, the Chinese character "", was changed to "" of the same pronunciation. In 2014 it was upgraded to a town.

Geography

The town is situated at northwestern

. The town is bordered to the north by

Chengbu Miao Autonomous County Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Chengbu County", commonly abbreviated as "Chengbu", ) is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on ...

, to the east by Weijiang Township, to the south by Lejiang Town, and to the west by

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 Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua ...

. 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 ...

flows north to south through the town.

Economy

The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and local industry.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pingdeng Towns of Guilin