Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County Explained

Huanjiang County
Official Name:
Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Guangxi
Pushpin Label:Huanjiang
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Guangxi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Guangxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Hechi
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Si'en
Area Total Km2:4558
Population Total:276,076
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:24.8333°N 123°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County (Zhuang: ;) is an ethnic Maonan autonomous county in the north of Guangxi, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and northwest. It is under the administration of Hechi city. It is the only Maonan autonomous county in China.

Administrative divisions

Huangjiang County is divided into 6 towns, 5 townships and 1 ethnic township:[1]

towns
townships
ethnic township

City

The city of Huanjiang is the county seat and a county-level city. It's located 30km away from Hechi City. In 2020, Xi Jinping gave instruction to the Maonan people of Huanjiang to work hard and alleviate poverty. [2] This in turn brought more investment into the city for development and a High Speed Rail was constructed and inaugurated in 2022 which connects the 2 cities to Nanning and Guizhou.Other modes of inter-city transportation are via coach, Passenger trains or private taxi.

Culture

Although designated as an ethnic city, the Maonan people still constitute the minority of the city as the other dominant groups are Han and Zhuang.In terms of cuisine, a speciality of the city is Maonan-style beef jerky (毛南香牛肉干) and other dishes found in restaurants are Pickled pork (酸肉) and a variety of other pickled vegetables.

Tourism

One of the economical outputs of the county is its numerous scenic spots like waterfalls, caves and mountaineering through its vast range of karst mountains.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/12/451226.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:环江毛南族自治县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.
  2. Web site: Xi Jinping gave important instructions to the Maonan people to get rid of poverty as a whole ethnic group.