Jinping County () is a county in the east of
Guizhou
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province, China, bordering
Hunan
Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...
to the east. It is under the administration of the
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture ( zh, s=黔东南苗族侗族自治州 , p=Qiándōngnán Miáozú Dòngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Hmu language: ; Kam language: ), also known as Southeast Qian Autonomous Prefecture of Miao and Dong and sh ...
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Administrative divisions
Jinping County is divided into 7
towns
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 8
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
:
;towns
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Sanjiang 三江镇
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Maoping 茅坪镇
*Dunzhai 敦寨镇
*Qimeng 启蒙镇
*Pingqiu 平秋镇
*Tonggu 铜鼓镇
*Pinglüe 平略镇
;townships
*Datong 大同乡
*Xinhua 新化乡
*Longli 隆里乡
*Zhongling 钟灵乡
*Ouli 偶里乡
*Guben 固本乡
*Hekou 河口乡
*Yandong 彦洞乡
Languages
Dong
Dong (also known as the
Kam language
The Kam or Gam language (), also known as Dong (), is a Kam–Sui language spoken by the Dong people. ''Ethnologue'' distinguishes three Kam varieties as separate but closely related languages. Demographics Southern Dong
Almost 1.5 million sp ...
) is the most widely spoken non-Chinese language in Jinping County. The three main dialects of Dong are the Jiuzhai (), Datong (), and Qimeng () dialects (Tu & Yang 2008: 105).
*Jiuzhai dialect (): Northern Dong, first lectal area. Spoken in Pingqiu (), Kuidan (), Gaoba (), Huangmen (), and Yandong () townships. Representative dialect: Pisuo Village () in Gaoba Township ().
*Datong dialect (): Northern Dong, third lectal area. Spoken in Datong (), Suijiang (), and Xiudong () townships.'' Representative dialect'': Xiudong Village ().
*Qimeng dialect (): Southern Dong, first lectal area. Spoken in Qimeng (), Juzhai (), and Shengli () townships. ''Representative dialect'': Zhemeng Village () in Qimeng Town ().
Miao
Eastern Miao (also known as the
Hmu language
The Hmu language (''hveb Hmub''), also known as Qiandong Miao (黔东, Eastern Guizhou Miao), Central Miao (中部苗语), East Hmongic (Ratliff 2010), or (somewhat ambiguously) Black Miao, is a dialect cluster of Hmongic languages of China. The ...
) is spoken as a first language by about 40,000 people in Jinping County. There are three main Miao dialects spoken in Jinping County, with their respective geographical distributions listed as follows (Tu & Yang 2008: 50).
;1. Hekou () dialect (10,000+ speakers)
*Qimeng District (): Hekou () and Wenniu () townships
*Pinglve District (): Zhanghua Township ()
;2. Ouli () dialect (20,000+ speakers)
*Pinglve District (): Pinglve (), Ouli (), Zhaizao (), and Jiaosan () townships
*Sanjiang District (): Maoping (), Guazhi (), Pingjin (), and Suijiang () townships
*Dunzhai District (): Loujiang () and Tongpo () townships
''Note'': Ouli has some notable internal dialectal differences. For example, the dialect spoken in Ouli has some differences from the dialect spoken in Loujiang (), Tongpo (), and Suijiang ().
;3. Yuhe () dialect (about 3,000 speakers)
*Qimeng District (): Yuhe (), Xinmin (), and Guben () townships
''Note'': Yuhe is the most divergent dialect.
Climate
References
Counties of Qiandongnan Prefecture
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