Xianan Township () is a township in Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County,

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, China. As of the 2019 census it had a population of 18,661 and an area of .

Administrative division

As of 2021, the township is divided into one community and ten villages: *Xianan Community () *Bochuan () *Yifeng () *Zhongnan () *Guzhou () *Tangba () *Yuhuan () *Xiyuan () *Jingyang () *Xiatang () *Caimen ()

History

During the

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(1644–1911), it belonged to Si'en County (). In 1933 during the

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, Xianan Township was set up. In 1950, it came under the jurisdiction of the Fourth District. In 1955, its name was changed to Xianan District (). It was renamed Heping People's Commune () in 1958 and Xianan People's Commune () in 1959. In 1984, Xianan Township was renamed "Xianan Maonan Ethnic Township" (). In 1987, it reverted to its former name of Xianan Township.

Geography

The township lies at the southwestern of Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, bordering Nandan County to the west,

Jinchengjiang District Jinchengjiang () is a district and the seat of Hechi, Guangxi, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Jinchengjiang District is divided into 1 subdistrict, 7 towns, and 4 townships: The only subdistrict is Jinchengjiang Subdistric ...

to the south, Chuanshan Town to the north, and Shuiyuan Town to the east. The Dagou River () flows through the township north to south.

Economy

The township's economy is based on nearby mineral resources and agricultural resources. The main crops are rice, corn,

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and

sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

Sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

is one of the important economic crops in the region. The region abounds with

calcite Calcite is a Carbonate minerals, carbonate mineral and the most stable Polymorphism (materials science), polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of limestone. Calcite defines hardness 3 on ...

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...

, talc, and

hematite Hematite (), also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils. Hematite crystals belong to the rhombohedral lattice system which is designated the alpha polymorph of . ...

Demographics

The 2019 census showed the township's population to be 18,661, an decrease of -1.8% from the 2011 census.

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xianan Township Divisions of Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County