Tiandong County

County in Guangxi, China

Tiandong County (simplified Chinese: 田东县; traditional Chinese: 田東縣; pinyin: Tiándōng Xiàn, Zhuang: Denzdungh Yen) is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baise.

Demographics

Tiandong's population was 411,500(2010). 85.22% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group,^[1] and speak Youjiang Zhuang(Gangjdoj). The rest include Han, Yao, Miao, and other ethnic groups.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Currently, for administration Tiandong County is divided into 9 towns and 1 ethnic township:^[3]

• Pingma Town (平马镇), population: 103,00 (2005)
• Xiangzhou Town (祥周镇), population: 49,200 (2005)
• Linfeng Town (林逢镇), population: 50,800 (2005)
• Silin Town (思林镇), population: 62,000 (2005)
• Yincha Town (印茶镇), population: 24,700 (2005)
• Shuoliang Town (朔良镇), population: 33,600 (2005)
• Yixu Town (义圩镇)
• Napo Town (那拔镇), population: 16,000 (2005)
• Zuodeng Yao Ethnic Township (作登瑶族乡)

Transportation

Apart from road access including the G80 Guangzhou–Kunming Expressway, the county also has rail access via Tiandong Railway Station and via Tiandong North Railway Station which is part of the Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway network. The nearest air access in via Baise Bama Airport which is in the neighbouring Tianyang County.

Climate

Pictures

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  Two thousand year old bronze drum unearthed from Tiandong county, Guangxi, in 1994.

References

1. Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010/China Statistical Information Network Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, 2011-12-13(in Chinese)
2. Official website of Tiandong(in Chinese)
3. 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：田东县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
4. 1991-2020 normals "Climate averages from 1991 to 2020". China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17.
5. 1981-2010 extremes 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.