Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are Counties of China, county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. Autonomous counties tend to have a large number of ethnic minority citizens compared to ordinary counties (if not ...

Yao people The Yao people () or Dao () is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They originated in the areas around Changsha, which today is the capital of Hunan province. They s ...

in the

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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 ...

, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located on the southernmost margin of the province, it lies to the west of the border with

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, and the north of the border with

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. The county is bordered to the north by

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and Ningyuan Counties, to the northeast by

Lanshan County Lanshan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northern border of Guangdong. Lanshan covers . In 2015, i ...

, to the east by Lianzhou City,

Liannan Liannan Yao Autonomous County ( postal: Linnam; ) is located in the north of Guangdong province, China, and is part of Qingyuan prefecture-level city. More than half the population of the county is of Yao ethnicity. Climate See also * Autonomo ...

and Lianshan Counties of Guangdong, to the south by Babu and

Pinggui District Pinggui District (; ) is one of two urban districts of the city of Hezhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The district lies in the western part of the city proper of Hezhou, it was formed from one subdistrict, one township and 7 towns of ...

s of Hezhou City and

Zhongshan County Zhongshan County (; ) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of ...

of Guangxi, and to the west by Fuchuan County of Guangxi and

Jiangyong County Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...

. Jianghua County covers an area of . As of 2015, It had a registered population of 521,400 and a resident population of 429,100.the population of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jianghua County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年江华县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)
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The county has 9

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and 7

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under its jurisdiction, and the

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is Tuojiang ().the divisions of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jianghua County on November 19, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意江华瑶族自治县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕48号)
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also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》

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Administrative divisions

;9 towns * Baimangying () * Centianhe () * Dalupu () * Dayu () * Helukou () * Mashi () * Shuikou () * Taoyu () * Tuojiang () ;6 townships *

Dashiqiao Dashiqiao () is a county-level city in south-central Liaoning province, Northeast China. It is under the administration of the prefectural city of Yingkou, the downtown of which is to the west. Administrative Divisions There are five subdi ...

() *

Daxi Daxi may refer to: Mainland China *Daxi (大西) dynasty, a short-lived dynasty (1643–1646) established by Zhang Xianzhong *Daxi Creek (大溪), tributary of the Xitiao River in Anji County, Zhejiang *Daxi culture (5000 BC–3000 BC), Neolithic c ...

() * Jiepai () * Qiaoshi () * Weizhukou () *

Xiangjiang The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the second-largest tributary (after the Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the fifth-largest tr ...

() ;1 ethnic township * Zhuang Xiaoyu ()

Climate

References

www.xzqh.org

External links

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