Gong County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Sichuan |
Pushpin Label: | Gong |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sichuan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Yibin |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Xunchang |
Area Total Km2: | 1150 |
Population Total: | 339200 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 28.439°N 104.709°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Gong County or Gongxian is a county located in southern Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city. It is mainly known to travelers for the hanging coffins, a site which dates back nearly 3,000 years and is attributed to the Bo people, who died out around 400 years ago.
Hanging coffins carved from a single log are found in the areas once inhabited by Bo people (China).
Gong County administers 10 towns and 3 ethnic townships.[2]