Teng County or Tengxian (; za, Dwngz Yen) is a county of eastern
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 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' ...
of
Wuzhou. , it had a population of 1,125,264
residing in an area of . The county is divided into a northern and southern part by the
Xun River.
History
Teng County was part of
Baiyue areas until coming under
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin state (modern Gansu and Shaanxi), ...
rule in 214 BC. In 583 AD, the county seat Tengzhou was established, while the county was called Yongping
Commandery. In 621 Yongping was renamed to Teng County.
On 21 March 2022,
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in China from Kunming to Guangzhou. On 21 March 2022, the 737-800, Boeing 737-89P aircraft operating the service descended steeply mid-flight and struck the ground at hi ...
crashed in the county, killing all 132 people on board.
Administrative divisions
Teng County administers 15 towns and one township.
Towns:
The only township is
Pingfu Township (平福乡)
Economy
Teng County is one of the largest
titanium dioxide
Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania , is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula . When used as a pigment, it is called titanium white, Pigment White 6 (PW6), or CI 77891. It is a white solid that is insoluble ...
production bases in China, accounting for around 5% of the national output in 2013. It also has
kaolinite
Kaolinite ( ) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is an important industrial mineral. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahed ...
resources, which are used for local ceramics production.
Demographics
The total population in 2021 was 1,125,264. Ethnic minorities form 1.19% of the population, most of whom are
Zhuang and
Yao.
Notable people
*
Chen Yucheng
*
Li Xiucheng
Climate
References
Counties of Guangxi
Wuzhou
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