Taihe County () is a county of southwest

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, to the north-northeast. Its area is almost the size of that of

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Administrative divisions

์Nowadays, Taihe County consists of 16 towns and 6 townships. ;16 towns ;6 townships

Demographics

The population of the district was in 1999. Government of Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, China - 2008 Period, ''in'
Taihe China

History

According to recent archaeological discoveries, the history of Taihe County may date back to the western Zhou dynasty. Readers of English who are interested in this county should read John W. Dardess, ''A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). The book was preceded by a number of articles about the county, including John W Dardess, "A Ming Landscape: Settlement, Land Use, Labor, and Estheticism in T'ai-ho County, Jiangxi," ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'' 49.1 (1989): 295-364.

Education

Culture

Its famous landmark is K'uai-ko Pavilion, which Huang Tingjian wrote about.

Famous Local Products

One of the most famous local products of Taihe County is Gallus domesticus, called "Taihe Wuji" in Chinese.

Administrative divisions

Demographics

History

Education

Culture

Famous Local Products

Climate

Scenery

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