Tongren () is a

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

in eastern

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the ...

province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural area. Tongren was known as Tongren Prefecture () until November 2011, when it was converted into a prefecture-level city.

History

During the Yongle period (1403–1424) of the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

(1368–1644), two local governments known as "Sizhou ''Xuanweisi''" ()and "Sinan ''Xuanweisi''" () resisted full subjugation.

Yongle Emperor The Yongle Emperor (; pronounced ; 2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di (), was the third Emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Zhu Di was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dyn ...

sent troops to pacify the rebellion and set up a provincial administrative region known as "Guizhou ''Buzhengshisi''" (). Since then, their administrators were appointed by the central government.

Administrative divisions

Tongren comprises 2 districts, 4 counties, and 4 autonomous counties. *Districts: ** Bijiang District () **

Wanshan District Wanshan District () is a district of the city of Tongren, Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Locate ...

() *Counties: ** Dejiang County () ** Jiangkou County () ** Sinan County () ** Shiqian County () *Autonomous counties: ** Yuping Dong Autonomous County () **

Songtao Miao Autonomous County Songtao Miao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county in the northeast of Guizhou province, China, bordering Chongqing to the north and Hunan province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tongren Tongren ...

() ** Yinjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County () ** Yanhe Tujia Autonomous County () Ethnic townships in South Tongren

Climate

Economy

In July 2018, the Tongren Transportation & Tourism Investment Group announced a joint venture with

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to construct a

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track in Tongren, along with an industrial research park. The city is served by

Tongren Fenghuang Airport Tongren Fenghuang Airport is an airport serving the city of Tongren in Guizhou Province, China. It is located in Daxing Subdistrict in Songtao Miao Autonomous County, 21 kilometers from Tongren and 34 kilometers from Fenghuang, a popular tou ...

History

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