Jianghua County | |
Other Name: | Kianghwa |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 4255XX |
Settlement Type: | Autonomous county |
Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
Pushpin Label: | Jianghua |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Yongzhou |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3216.03 |
Population Total: | 448200 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 25.183°N 111.579°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Jianghua ("Jianghua Yao Autonomous County", ; usually referred to as "Jianghua County",) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City.
Located on the southernmost margin of the province, it lies to the west of the border with Guangxi, and the north of the border with Guangdong. The county is bordered to the north by Dao and Ningyuan Counties, to the northeast by Lanshan County, to the east by Lianzhou City, Liannan and Lianshan Counties of Guangdong, to the south by Babu and Pinggui Districts of Hezhou City and Zhongshan County of Guangxi, to the west by Fuchuan County of Guangxi and Jiangyong County. Jianghua County covers 3248km2, as of 2015, It had a registered population of 521,400 and a resident population of 429,100.[2] The county has 9 towns and 7 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Tuojiang (Chinese: 沱江镇).[3]