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Sanqiao Township () is a rural township in
Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County (), usually referred to as Jingzhou County () or abbreviated just as Jingzhou, is an autonomous county of Miao and Dong peoples in Hunan Province, China, the county is under the administration of the p ...
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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 ...
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. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 5,000 and an area of . The township shares a border with Jinping County and
Liping County Liping County () ( Dong language: Liic bienc) is a county in the southeast of Guizhou province, China, bordering Hunan to the east and Guangxi to the southeast. It is part of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. History The cou ...
to the west, Quyang Town to the east, Aoshang Town to the southeast, Dabaozi Town to the north, and Outuan Township to the south. Among them, the Miao and Dong people account for 99% of the total population.


Administrative division

As of 2017, the township is divided into 8 villages: Fengxiang (), Caidi (), Dimiao (), Yuanzhen (), Fengchong (), Xiaoliu (), Disun (), and Nanshan ().


Geography

Mountains located adjacent to and visible from the townsite are: Mount Jiulong (; ), Mount Fengmu (; ) and Mount Pengpojie (; ). The Guangping River () passes through the town south to north.


Economy

The economy is supported primarily by farming and ranching.
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is a major cash crop.


Culture

The Miao folk songs and tea songs are the main music in this area.


References

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