Tianyang District (;

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: ;

Youjiang Zhuang Youjiang Zhuang, named after the Youjiang River in Guangxi, China, is a Northern Tai or Zhuang Language spoken in Tiandong County, Tianyang District, and parts of the Youjiang District in Baise, Guangxi. History and classification Native ...

: ) is a district in western

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...

, China. It is under the administration of 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 Chi ...

of Baise.

History

Tianyang County was formed in 1935 by combining Fengyi County () and Enyang County () with the county seat in Napo () and in 1954 the county seat was moved to Tianzhou (). In 1935 the population was 135,071. In August 2019, the county was converted into a district.

Administrative divisions

From June 21, 2005, there are 7 towns and 3 townships in the county: Towns: * Tianzhou (田州镇)(63k) * Napo (那坡镇)(32k) * Pohong (坡洪镇)(37k) * Naman (那满镇)(23k) * Baiyu (百育镇)(27k) * Yufeng (玉凤镇)(38k) * Toutang (头塘镇)(24k) Townships: * Dongjing Township (洞靖乡)(32k) * Babie Township (巴别乡)(20k) * Wucun Township (五村乡)(27k)(98% Zhuang)

Demographics

Tianyang's population was 338,300 in 2010. 90.2% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, and speak

(). The rest include Han, Yao,

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, and other ethnic groups.

Climate

Culture and Arts

In Tianyang, there are many traditional types of singing, not just folk songs, but also

Cantonese opera Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Guangdong Province. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau and among Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Like all versions of Ch ...

, Colourful Opera (), Zhuang opera, and " Tang Emperor" () style.厉害了！广西田阳县有壮语的Rap 你听过吗？http://gx.sina.com.cn/news/gx/2018-05-27/detail-ihcaqueu7685861.shtml?from=gx_cnxh retrieved 2018-06-20, Chinese article with about one third content translated into English

Transportation

Apart from road access including the

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, the district also has rail access via Tianyang Railway Station which is part of the

Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway (formerly known as the Yunnan–Guangxi high-speed railway) is a high-speed railway connecting Nanning and Kunming, respectively the capitals of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province. It ...

network and air access via

Baise Bama Airport Baise (Bose) Bama Airport , formerly Baise (Bose) Youjiang Airport, is a dual-use military and civilian airport serving Baise (or Bose) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The airport is located in Tianyang County, from the city cen ...

References

External links

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