Tingping Township () is a rural township in

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 ...

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 ...

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. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 17,200 and an area of . The town shares a border with Wutuan Town to the west,

Baimaoping Township Baimaoping () is a rural town in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 16,600 and an area of . It is surrounded by Rulin Town on the north, Tingping Township on the west, Lanrong Township on the ...

to the east, Rulin Town to the north, and Jiangdi Township of

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 ...

to the south.

Name

There is a river name "Jiebei River" () crossing the township. The headwaters meet with the river in the shape of Chinese character "". In Chinese, the pronunciation of the characters "" and "" are similar. "" means a flat piece of land. Therefore, it is named "Tingping".

History

In 1995, the townships of Pengdong () and Yangmei'ao () merged into Tingping Township.

Administrative division

As of 2015, the township is divided into 16 villages: Tingping (), Guihua (), Hengshui (), Changtan (), Dahou (), Pengying (), Aishang (), Tuanxinzhai (), Dashui (), Gutian (), Yangmei (), Gaoqiao (), Anle (), Longtang (), Taiyang () and Jintongshan ().

Geography

The township is located in the south of

. It has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The highest point in the township is Mount Lao (), which, at above sea level. The second highest point in the township is Mount Qiemaduo () which stands above sea level. There are two main rivers in the township: Changtan River () and Great River ().

Demographics

In December 2015, the township had an estimated population of 17,200 and a population density of 66 persons per km2.

Miao people The Miao are a group of linguistically-related peoples living in Southern China and Southeast Asia, who are recognized by the government of China as one of the 56 List of ethnic groups in China, official ethnic groups. The Miao live primarily in ...

is the dominant ethnic group in the township, accounting for 11,000, accounting for 63.95%. There are also 11 ethnic groups, such as Dong,

Hui The Hui people ( zh, c=, p=Huízú, w=Hui2-tsu2, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Хуэйзў, ) are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the n ...

, Zhuang, and

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name. The Later Jin (1616–1636) and ...

. Among them, there are 3,100

Han people The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive ...

(18.02%) and 2,900 Dong, Manchu, Hui and Zhuang people (16.86%).

Economy

The town's economy is based on nearby mineral resources and agricultural resources.

Dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...

farming is the main source of income The region abounds with

tungsten Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively as compounds with other elements. It was identified as a new element in 1781 and first isolat ...

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

copper Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

silicon Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic luster, and is a tetravalent metalloid and semiconductor. It is a member of group 14 in the periodic tab ...

crystal A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...

, etc.

Transport

The Provincial Highway S219 passes across the town north to south.

References

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