Guzhang County () is a

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Hunan Province 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 ...

, China. The county is the 2nd least populous administrative unit of the counties or county-level cities (after Shaoshan City) in the province, it is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located in the northwest of Hunan and in the east of Xiangxi Prefecture, the county is bordered to the north by

Yongshun County Yongshun County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the western part of Hunan and the northeastern Xiangxi, the county is bordered to the northeast by Sangzhi Cou ...

, to the east by

Yuanling County Yuanling County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located in northwest of the province, Yuanling is in the border locations of Huaihua, Xiangxi, Zhangjiajie, Changde and Y ...

, to the south by Luxi County and

Jishou City Jishou (; Tujia: Jiersouv) is a county-level city and the seat of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China. Located on the west of the province, the city is bordered to the northwest by Huayuan and Baojing Counties, ...

, to the west by

Baojing County Baojing County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the western margin of the province and the west central Xiangxi, it is immediately adjacent to the southeast of ...

. Guzhang County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 143,182 and a resident population of 131,900.about the population of Guzhang County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Guzhang County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - ()
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under its jurisdiction, the

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Guyang Guyang County ( Mongolian: ''Güyaŋ siyan''; ) is a county in western Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Baotou Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban popula ...

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Ethnic groups

Guzhang County includes the following ethnic groups (Wu 2007, 2010). * Xiang (} *

Miao Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

(; ) **Shen Miao (; ): in Shanzhao () and Yezhu (). Also called "Gelao" (). Their language is also called Zhang ((). **Qian Miao (; ): in Morong () and Pingba ().

Geology

The Guzhangian Age of the

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Period is named after Guzhang County. In particular, the Louyixi

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is named after the Louyixi Town in Guzhang County.

Climate

References

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External links

County-level divisions of Hunan Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture {{Hunan-geo-stub