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