Hezhang () is a county in the northwest of

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province, China, bordering

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to the north. 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 China ...

of Bijie.

Ethnic groups

The ''Hezhang County Gazetteer'' (2001:105-108) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations. *Bai: 3,856 persons (1995) ** Qixingmin (): located in Yongkang () and Shanmuqing (), Shuitangbao Township () ***Autonyms/Yi exonyms: Luoju (), Zhuoluoju () ***Historical names: Boren () and Baizi () ***Other names: Qixingmin () and Minjia () ***Surnames: Zhang (), Li (), Su (), Yang (), Zhao (), Xu (), Qian () ***Locations: ancestors from Sandaohe (),

Weining County Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County (; Xiao'erjing: ) is a county of Guizhou, 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 ...

**Nanjingren () (Yi exonym: Awutu ) *Buyi: 2,939 persons (1995): in Nongchang Village (), Kele Township () (pop. 332) Ethnic Bai are also found in: *Sanjiazhai (), Kele Township () *Wopi (), Zexiong (), Songlinpo Township ()

Mining

The county has large reserves of coal, iron, lead, zinc, and germanium. Mining had been and remains a major industry; however, inadequate management and regulation of zinc mining has resulted in widespread

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Climate

Notes

County-level divisions of Guizhou Bijie {{Guizhou-geo-stub