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Tongdao County
通道县 Tungtao | |
|---|---|
 Location of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County within Huaihua | |
  Tongdao Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 26°09′25″N 109°47′02″E / 26.157°N 109.784°E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Huaihua |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,225.36 km2 (859.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
• Total | 206,650 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4185XX |
Tongdao (the full name: "Tongdao Dong Autonomous County", simplified Chinese: 通道侗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 通道侗族自治縣; pinyin: Tōngdào Dòngzú Zìzhìxiàn; usually referred to as "Tongdao County", simplified Chinese: 通道县; traditional Chinese: 通道縣; pinyin: Tōngdào Xiàn) is an autonomous county of Dong people in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua. Tongdao is also the 5th least-populous county of the province (after Shaoshan, Guzhang, Shuangpai and Yanling).
Located on the south western corner of Hunan province, Tongdao borders Guizhou to the west and Guangxi to the south. The county lies in the southernmost part of Huaihua, it is the least populous and least densely populated county-level division of Huaihua.[3] Tongdao borders to the northwest by Jingzhou County, to the northeast by Suining and Chengbu Counties, to the southeast and the south by Longsheng and Sanjiang Counties of Guangxi, to the west by Liping County of Guizhou. The county covers 2,239 km2 (864 sq mi), as of 2015, it has a census registered population of 242,100 and a permanent resident population of 212,300.[4] The county has 8 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Shuangjiang Town (双江镇).[5][6]
There are two Miao subgroups in Tongdao County, namely Hua Miao (花苗 mjiu55 ken35) and Cao Miao (草苗 mjiu55). Despite being officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Miao, Cao Miao is actually a Kam-Sui language.[7]
- ^ "Tongdao" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ 怀化市土地利用总体规划（2006-2020年） [Huaihua City Land Use Plan (2006–20)] (in Chinese). Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ a b 怀化市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Chinese). Huaihua Statistical Bureau/怀化市统计局. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ 2015年通道县国民经济和社会发展统计公报 [Statistical Communiqué of Tongdao County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development]. Huaihua People's Government.
- ^ 《湖南省民政厅关于同意通道县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕78号) [Result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Tongdao County on 25 November 2015]. rednet.cn Hunan. 2015-12-04. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26.
- ^ 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》. People.com Hunan. 2015-12-08. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15.
- ^ 通道侗族自治县民族志 [Ethnography of the Tong Autonomous County of Dong Nationality]. National Publishing House (民族出版社). 2004. ISBN 9787105059898.