Dafang County Explained

Dafang County
Native Name:大方县
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Location of Bijie Prefecture within Guizhou (China).png
Map Caption1:Bijie in Guizhou
Coordinates:27.1444°N 105.602°W
Coor Pinpoint:Dafang County government
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guizhou
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Bijie
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Hongqi
Area Total Km2:3,500.11
Population Total:776,324
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Dafang, called Dading until 1958, is a county of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Bijie city.

Administrative divisions

Dafang County is divided into 6 subdistricts, 10 towns, 6 townships and 18 ethnic townships:[1]

subdistricts:
  • Hongqi Subdistrict 红旗街道
  • Shunde Subdistrict 顺德街道
  • Mu'ege Gucheng Subdistrict 慕俄格古城街道
  • Jiuyi Subdistrict 九驿街道
  • Guihua Subdistrict 归化街道
  • Pengcheng Subdistrict 鹏程街道
townships:
  • Dongguan Township 东关乡
  • Wenge Township 文阁乡
  • Lütang Township 绿塘乡
  • Xiaotun Township 小屯乡
  • Guowa Township 果瓦乡
  • Yuchong Township 雨冲乡
towns:
  • Shuangshan Town 双山镇
  • Maochang Town 猫场镇
  • Machang Town 马场镇
  • Yangchang Town 羊场镇
  • Huangnitang Town 黄泥塘镇
  • Liulong Town 六龙镇
  • Daxi Town 达溪镇
  • Piaojing Town 瓢井镇
  • Changshi Town 长石镇
  • Duijiang Town 对江镇
ethnic townships:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/52/05/520521.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:大方县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.