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Wikipedia / Congjiang County

Congjiang County () is a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, China. It is divided by the Duliu River (), the upper reaches of the Liu River, and borders Guangxi to the south.

It is an important transit point as the first county inside Guizhou on China National Highway 321 between Sanjiang (Guangxi) and Guiyang, the provincial capital. A large bridge spans the river and connects the city's two halves.

Administrative divisions

Congjiang County is divided into 12 towns, 4 townships and 3 ethnic townships:

  1. towns

  2. Bingmei Town 丙妹镇

  3. Guandong Town 贯洞镇

  4. Luoxiang Town 洛香镇

  5. Xiajiang Town 下江镇

  6. Zaibian Town 宰便镇

  7. Xishan Town 西山镇

  8. Tingdong Town 停洞镇

  9. Wangdong Town 往洞镇

  10. Jiajiu Town 加鸠镇

  11. Douli Town 斗里镇

  12. Qingyun Town 庆云镇

  13. Donglang Town 东郎镇

  14. townships

  15. Gaozeng Township 高增乡

  16. Guping Township 谷坪乡

  17. Jiabang Township 加榜乡

  18. Jiamian Township 加勉乡

  19. ethnic townships

  20. Gangbian Zhuang Ethnic Township 刚边壮族乡

  21. Xiutang Zhuang Ethnic Township 秀塘壮族乡

  22. Cuili Yao and Zhuang Ethnic Township 翠里瑶族壮族乡

Languages

In Congjiang County, Miao consists of the following three dialects (Congjiang County Gazetteer 1999:129).

  • Dialectal area 1: parts of (); Zhaiping Township () of (); Shangang () and Gaodiao () of Bingmei ()

  • Dialectal area 2: Zaibian (), Xishan () (similar to Rongshui Miao)

  • Dialectal area 3: Xiajiang (), Tingdong (), Kongming ()

Communities

The county seat is known as Congjiang.

The community of Biasha or Basha is within the county. The population are Miao people, and the residents are allowed under the Chinese government to possess and use firearms as this is their cultural heritage. Demonstrations of gun marksmanship and other activities serve as tourist attractions. Katia Andreassi of National Geographic described it as "one of the most visited towns in the area". It is from Congjiang town.

Climate

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