Tongdao (the full name: "''Tongdao Dong Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Tongdao 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 ...

Dong people The Kam people ( Kam: , ), officially known in China as Dong people (), are a Kam–Sui people and one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live mostly in eastern Guizhou, western Hunan and northe ...

Hunan Province Hunan is an inland province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chon ...

, 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 China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...

Huaihua Huaihua () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It is known as the "Western Gate" of Hunan and is the largest prefecture-level city in the province.It covers and is bordered by Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous P ...

. Tongdao is also the 5th least-populous county of the province (after Shaoshan,

Guzhang Guzhang County ( zh, t=古丈縣 , s=古丈县 , p=Gǔzhàng Xiàn) is a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county of Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The county is the List of County-level divisions of Hunan by population, 2nd least populo ...

Shuangpai Shuangpai County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Shuangpai is also the 3rd smallest administrative unit (after Shaoshan and Guzhang) by population in the counties ...

and Yanling). Located on the south western corner of Hunan province, Tongdao borders

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to the west and

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

to the south. The county lies in the southernmost part of Huaihua, it is the least populous and least densely populated

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large population and geographical area. In the People's Republic of China, the constitution provides for three levels of government. Ho ...

of Huaihua. Tongdao borders to the northwest by Jingzhou County, to the northeast by

Suining Suining ( zh, s=遂宁 , t=遂寧; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; zh, p=Sùiníng , w=Sui-ning) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. According to the 2020 census, Suining had a p ...

and Chengbu Counties, to the southeast and the south by Longsheng and Sanjiang Counties of Guangxi, and to the west by

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 ...

of Guizhou. The county covers an area of , and as of 2015, it has a census registered population of 242,100 and a permanent resident population of 212,300. The county has 8 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, and the county seat is Shuangjiang Town (). There are two Miao subgroups in Tongdao County, namely Hua Miao ( ''mjiu55 ken35'') and Cao Miao ( ''mjiu55''). Despite being officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Miao, Cao Miao is actually a Kam-Sui language.

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External links

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County-level divisions of Hunan Kam autonomous counties {{Hunan-geo-stub