Guzhang County Explained
| Guzhang County |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 4163XX |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
| Pushpin Label: | Guzhang |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Hunan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Xiangxi |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdivisions |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1286.23 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 144800 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 28.617°N 109.951°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Guzhang County is a county of Hunan Province, China. The county is the 2nd least populous administrative unit of the counties or county-level cities (after Shaoshan City) in the province, it is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture.
Located in the northwest of Hunan and in the east of Xiangxi Prefecture, the county is bordered to the north by Yongshun County, to the east by Yuanling County, to the south by Luxi County and Jishou City, to the west by Baojing County. Guzhang County covers 1286.47km2, as of 2015, It had a registered population of 143,182 and a resident population of 131,900.[3] The county has 7 towns under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Guyang (Chinese: 古阳镇).[4]
Ethnic groups
Guzhang County includes the following ethnic groups (Wu 2007, 2010).
- Xiang (}
- Miao (; pronounced as /bɤ33 kɑu41/)
- Shen Miao (; pronounced as /sɔŋ55 miau55/): in Shanzhao and Yezhu . Also called "Gelao" . Their language is also called Zhang (.
- Qian Miao (; pronounced as /tshai41 miau55/): in Morong and Pingba .
Geology
The Guzhangian Age of the Cambrian Period is named after Guzhang County. In particular, the Louyixi Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point is named after the Louyixi Town in Guzhang County.[5]
References
- Book: Wu, Yunji (伍云姬) . 2007 . Xiāngxī wǎ xiāng huà fēngsú míngwù cǎi tú diǎn . zh:湘西瓦乡话风俗名物彩图典 . Xiangxi Waxianghua multicolor dictionary of customs and artifacts . Hunan Normal University Press . 978-7-81081-814-8. zh-hans.
- Book: Wu . Yunji (伍云姬) . Shen . Ruiqing (沈瑞清) . 2010 . zh:湘西古丈瓦乡话调查报告 . An Investigative Report of Waxianghua of Guzhang County, Xiangxi Prefecture . Shanghai Educational Press (上海教育出版社) . 978-7-54442-859-0. zh-hans.
Notes and References
- Book: zh:《湘西土家族苗族自治州土地利用总体规划（2006–2020年）》 . Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Land Use Plan (2006–20) . zh-hans.
- Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hn/22133.html. zh:古丈县概况地图. Guzhang County overview map. Xiangxi Prefecture People's Government. 29 February 2016. zh.
- about the population of Guzhang County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Guzhang County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (Chinese: 2015年古丈县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): guzhang.gov.cn or ahmhxc.com
- the divisions of Guzhang County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Guzhang County on November 30, 2015 - Chinese: 《湖南省民政厅关于同意古丈县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕115号): rednet.cn, also see Chinese: 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com or xinhuanet.com
- Shanchi Peng . Loren E. Babcock . Jingxun Zuo1 . Huanling Lin . Xuejian Zhu1 . Xianfeng Yang . Richard A. Robison . Yuping Qi . Gabriella Bagnoli . Yong'an Chen . The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point(GSSP) of the Guzhangian Stage (Cambrian) in the Wuling Mountains, Northwestern Hunan, China . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315011729/http://www.stratigraphy.org/GSSP/Guzhangian.pdf . 2016-03-15 . March 2012 . Episodes . 32 . 1 . 29 February 2016 .
