Wutuan () is a rural town 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 13,476 and an area of . The town shares a border with Pingdeng Town to the west, Dingping Township to the east, Baimaoping Township to the north, and Weijiang Township to the south. It is a major border trade town, because its north and west sides are

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the ...

Name

"Wutuan" means five trionychidaes. The name of "Wutuan" derives from five

sandbar In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or ...

s in the river, which are similar to "

trionychidae Trionychidae is a family of turtles, commonly known as softshell turtles or simply softshells. The family was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can adapt to li ...

s", the pronunciation of "trionychidae" in local dialect is "Tuanyu" ().

History

During the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

(1368–1644), it belonged to Moyidong (). In the following

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

(1644–1911), it came under the jurisdiction of Xiamoyidong (). In the

Republic of China (1912-1949) Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, it was a part of Xianyi Township (). In 1934, the First Front Army of the

Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army The Chinese Red Army, formally the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army( zh, labels=no, t=中國工農紅軍) or just the Red Army( zh, labels=no, t=紅軍), was the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1928 to 1937. I ...

passed here during the

Long March The Long March ( zh, s=长征, p=Chángzhēng, l=Long Expedition) was a military retreat by the Chinese Red Army and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from advancing Kuomintang forces during the Chinese Civil War, occurring between October 1934 and ...

. After the establishment of the Communist State in 1950, its land belongs to the three townships of Jinshui (), Jinnan () and Wutuan (). In 1958, the three townships were merged and renamed "Xianyi People's Commune". In 1961 it was split into two communes, namely Jinnan People's Commune and Wutuan People's Commune. In 1984, the two were renamed Jiangtousi Township () and Wutuan Township respectively. In 1995, the Jiangtousi Township was merged into Wutuan Township. In the next year, it was upgraded to a town. On December 31, 2015, the former Nanshan Town () was demerged, some areas were merged into Wutuan Town.

Administrative divisions

As of 2015, the town is divided into 15 villages: Dushu (), Jindong (), Shikong (), Baishuitou (), Lali (), Mugua (), Xuntou (), Pingshan (), Jiangtousi (), Mudong (), Tengping (), Chushui (), Chayuan (), Hengzhou (), Pulushui (), and 2 communities: the 1st Community () and 2nd Community ().

Geography

The town is located in the southwest of

. It has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Furong River () flows through the town south to north.

Demographics

The

National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China The National Bureau of Statistics () is a deputy-ministerial level agency directly under the State Council of China. Established in August 1952, the bureau is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of statistics c ...

estimates the town's population was 13,476 on December 31, 2015.

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 town, accounting for 68.57% of the total population. There are also nine ethnic groups, including

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 ...

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 ...

Zhuang people The Zhuang (; ; , , Sawndip: 佈獞) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 56 ...

and

Tujia people The Tujia (Tujia language, Northern Tujia: ''Bifjixkhar'' / ''Bifzixkar'', International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: , Southern Tujia: ''Mongrzzir'', ; ) are an ethnic group and, with a total population of over 8 million, the eighth-largest Ethnic ...

. Among them, Han is 1,700, accounting for 13.39%, Dong, Yao, Zhuang and Tujia are 2,400, accounting for 18.90%.

Economy

The town's economy is based on nearby mineral resources and agricultural resources. Underground mineral resources include diabase,

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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 ...

and

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 ...

. Agricultural products include

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

, pepper,

tomato The tomato (, ), ''Solanum lycopersicum'', is a plant whose fruit is an edible Berry (botany), berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originate ...

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the Family (biology), family Rosaceae, bearing the Pome, po ...

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...

, medicinal materials, etc. Among them, pear, tea seed oil, pepper,

tofu or bean curd is a food prepared by Coagulation (milk), coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness: ''silken'', ''soft'', ''firm'', and ''extra (or super) firm''. It originated in Chin ...

and fish are famous local products in the town.

Transportation

The County Road X093 passes across the town.

References

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