Bijiang District (), is the seat of the city of
Tongren
Tongren () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural area. Tongren was known as Tongren Prefecture () until November 2011, when it was converted into ...
,
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the ...
province,
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The area was known as the
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
of Tongren () until November 2011, when it was renamed Bijiang District, and Tongren
Prefecture converted to the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China ...
of Tongren. The district has an area of and has a population of 340,000.
Education
Institutions in Chuandong Education Park (), Bijiang District include:
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Tongren Polytechnic College Tongren Polytechnic College (TRPTC; ) is a tertiary-level institution in Chuandong Education Park (), Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic ...
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Tongren No.1 Middle School
References
External links
Official website of Tongren Government中国经济网
Geography of Guizhou
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