Tietong Township () is a township in
Zongyang County
Zongyang County (), is a county in southern Anhui province, located mostly on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Tongling. It has a population of 960,000 and an area of . Th ...
,
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
, China. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,448 and an area of . It is an island between the
Yangtze River
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the list of rivers by length, third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in th ...
and Jia River.
History
On July 16, 2020, all the remaining 2,272 people were evacuated except 176 left behind due to the
flood
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...
inundated the island.
Administrative division
As of 2017, the township is divided into four villages:
* Qingfeng ()
* Xinfeng ()
* Jiangtou ()
* Zhongnan ()
Economy
The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture. The main vegetables are
lotus bean,
green bean,
carrot,
mustard
Mustard may refer to:
Food and plants
* Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment
* Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment
** Mustard seed, seeds of the mustard p ...
, and
cabbage.
Transport
Ferry is the main mode of transportation.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tietong Township
Divisions of Zongyang County