Jiangfang Township () is a rural township in

Chengbu Miao Autonomous County Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (), usually referred to as Chengbu County () or abbreviated just 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 the s ...

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. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 11,100 and an area of . It borders Maoping Town in the north, Rulin Town in the east and south, and Guanxia Miao Ethnic Township of Suining County in the west.

Name

The name of the township is named after a pulp and paper workshop in the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

(960–1279) named "Jiangjiafang" (). In the local dialect, the pronunciation of the characters "" and "" are similar, therefore, it is called "Jiangfang".

Administrative divisions

As of 2015, the township is divided into 7 villages: Liulin (), Jianping (), Shanfang (), Putou (), Datong (), Zhulian () and Taihe ().

Geography

The township is located in the north of

. It has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Meixi River () winds through the township.

Demographics

In December 2015, the township had an estimated population of 11,100 and a population density of 116 persons per km².

Miao people Miao is a word that the Chinese use to designate some ethnic minority groups living in southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia. Miao is thus officially recognized by the Chinese government as one of the largest ethnic minority groups that h ...

is the dominant ethnic group in the township, accounting for 7,680, accounting for 69.19%. There are also 4 ethnic groups, including Dong,

Hui The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2 ...

, Han, and

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

. Among them, there are 2,763

Han people The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the worl ...

(24.89%), 305 Dong (2.75%), 263 Hui (2.37%), and 89 Manchu people (0.80%).

Economy

The principal industries in the area are agriculture, forestry and mineral resources.

Transport

The township is connected to two highways: Provincial Highway S219, which heads south to downtown Chengbu Miao Autonomous County and north to Wugang via the towns of Maoping and Xiyan, and Provincial Highway S319, which heads north to Guanxia Miao Ethnic Township of Suining County.

References

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