Tingping Township () is a rural township in

Chengbu Miao Autonomous County Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (), usually referred to as Chengbu County () or abbreviated just as Chengbu, is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on the s ...

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. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 17,200 and an area of . The town shares a border with Wutuan Town to the west, Baimaoping Township to the east, Rulin Town to the north, and Jiangdi Township of

Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; ; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China, bordering Hu ...

to the south.

Name

There is a river name "Jiebei River" () crossing the township. The headwaters meet with the river in the shape of Chinese character "". In Chinese, the pronunciation of the characters "" and "" are similar. "" means a flat piece of land. Therefore, it is named "Tingping".

History

In 1995, the townships of Pengdong () and Yangmei'ao () merged into Tingping Township.

Administrative division

As of 2015, the township is divided into 16 villages: Tingping (), Guihua (), Hengshui (), Changtan (), Dahou (), Pengying (), Aishang (), Tuanxinzhai (), Dashui (), Gutian (), Yangmei (), Gaoqiao (), Anle (), Longtang (), Taiyang () and Jintongshan ().

Geography

The township is located in the south of

. It has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The highest point in the township is Mount Lao (), which, at above sea level. The second highest point in the township is Mount Qiemaduo () which stands above sea level. There are two main rivers in the township: Changtan River () and Great River ().

Demographics

In December 2015, the township had an estimated population of 17,200 and a population density of 66 persons per km2.

Miao people Miao is a word that the Chinese use to designate some ethnic minority groups living in southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia. Miao is thus officially recognized by the Chinese government as one of the largest ethnic minority groups that h ...

is the dominant ethnic group in the township, accounting for 11,000, accounting for 63.95%. There are also 11 ethnic groups, such as Dong,

Hui The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2 ...

, Zhuang, and

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

. Among them, there are 3,100

Han people The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the worl ...

(18.02%) and 2,900 Dong, Manchu, Hui and Zhuang people (16.86%).

Economy

The town's economy is based on nearby mineral resources and agricultural resources.

Dairy A dairy is a place where milk is stored and where butter, cheese, and other dairy products are made, or a place where those products are sold. It may be a room, a building, or a larger establishment. In the United States, the word may also des ...

farming is the main source of income The region abounds with

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lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

copper Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu (from Latin ) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkish-orang ...

gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

silicon Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14. It is a hard, brittle crystalline solid with a blue-grey metallic lustre, and is a tetravalent metalloid (sometimes considered a non-metal) and semiconductor. It is a membe ...

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, etc.

Transport

The Provincial Highway S219 passes across the town north to south.

References

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