Guzhang County ( zh, t=古丈縣 , s=古丈县 , p=Gǔzhàng Xiàn) is a

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Hunan Province Hunan is an inland province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chon ...

, 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 Co ...

, to the east by Yuanling County, to the south by Luxi County and Jishou City, and to the west by Baojing County. Guzhang County covers an area of , and 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, and the

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is Guyang ().the divisions of Guzhang County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Guzhang County on November 30, 2015 -
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Ethnic groups

Guzhang County includes the following ethnic groups (Wu 2007, 2010). * Xiang ( zh, s=乡, labels=no) *

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 ...

( zh, s=苗, labels=no; ) **Shen Miao ( zh, s=深苗, labels=no; ): in Shanzhao ( zh, s=山枣, labels=no) and Yezhu ( zh, s=野竹, labels=no). Also called "Gelao" ( zh, s=仡佬, labels=no). Their language is also called Zhang (( zh, s=章话, 章语, labels=no). **Qian Miao ( zh, s=浅苗, labels=no; ): in Morong ( zh, s=默戎, labels=no) and Pingba ( zh, s=坪坝, labels=no).

Geology

The

Guzhangian The Guzhangian is an uppermost stage of the Miaolingian Series of the Cambrian. It follows the Drumian Stage and precedes the Paibian Stage of the Furongian Series. The base is defined as the first appearance of the trilobite '' Lejopyge laevi ...

Age of the

Cambrian The Cambrian ( ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 51.95 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordov ...

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

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