Rulin Town () is a town and the seat of

Chengbu Miao Autonomous County Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Chengbu County", commonly abbreviated as "Chengbu", ) is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on ...

Hunan 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 ...

, China. The town has an area of with a population of 64,364 (as of 2010 census). As of the 2015 census it had a population of 75,900. It is surrounded by Maoping Town on the north, Dankou Town on the west,

Lanrong Township Lanrong Township () is a rural township in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 8,982 and an area of . The town is bordered to the north by Rulin Town, to the east by Huangjin Township of Xinnin ...

on the east, and

Tingping Township Tingping Township () is a rural township in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 17,200 and an area of . The town shares a border with Wutuan Town to the west, Baimaoping Township to the east, ...

on the south. The town of Rulin has 25 villages and 11 communities under its jurisdiction.

Name

The name of the town is named after Rulin Academy (), an academy of classical learning built by Yang Zaicheng () in 1313 during the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fift ...

(1271–1368).

History

The town of Rulin is an ancient town. In the late period of Sui dynasty (about 610s AD), the separatist leader

Xiao Xian Xiao Xian (蕭銑) (583–621) was a descendant of the imperial house of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty, who rose against the rule of Sui Dynasty toward the end of the rule of Emperor Yang of Sui. He tried to revive Liang, and for several y ...

created Jian Prefecture (), as a county of the prefecture, Wuyou County () was formed and its seat was located in the place of modern Rulin Town. The county of Wuyou was renamed to Wugang () which was a part of Nanliang Prefecture () in 621 AD. The county seat of Wugang was transferred to the modern downtown area of Wugang in early

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

, the place of its former seat was named as Stockaded Village of Chengbu (). The county of Chengbu was formed from parts of two counties of Wugang and

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Administrative division

The town of Ruling has 11 communities and 25 villages under its jurisdiction (as of 2016).the ''Code of Administrative Divisions of Hunan Province'' in 2016 se

/ref> ;11 communities * Bajiaoting Community () * Bajuwei Community () * Chengbei Community () * Chengdong Community () * Chengnan Community () * Donghai Community () * Nanqiao Community () * Shibanqiao Community () * Xintian Community () * Yunma Community () * Zhongxin Community () ;25 villages * Bailiaozhou Village () * Baiyunhu Village () * Chengxi Village () * Daqiao Village () * Ganxi Village () * Jiangping Village () * Jinshui Village () * Lanteng Village () * Lengshuiping Village () * Longfengchong Village () * Luojiashui Village () * Miaoling Village () * Nanmen Village () * Nanmu Village () * Panshi Village () * Qingxi Village () * Shiyang Village () * Shuanging Village () * Shuangxiqiao Village () * Taxi Village () * Tiantang Village () * Xinjianshui Village () * Yangjiajiang Village () * Yupin Village () * Zhuangjia Village ()

Geography

The town is located in the middle of

. It has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Wushui River () winds through the town. The town is in the central subtropical monsoon climate. It has four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. Winter is warm and summer is cold.

Demographics

In December 2015, the town had an estimated population of 75,900 and a population density of 244 persons per km2. Miao people is the dominant ethnic group in the town, accounting for 48,700, accounting for 64.16%. There are also 12 ethnic groups, such as Dong,

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, Tujia, and Yao. Among them, there are 15,200

Han people The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive var ...

(20.03%), 4,100 Dong (5.40%), and 2,500 Hui people (3.29%).

Economy

The local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and local industry.

Transport

The Provincial Highway S219 is a north-south highway passing through the town's commercial and industrial areas.

References

Bibliography

* {{Divisions of Chengbu County Chengbu Miao Autonomous County County seats in Hunan