Jingxi, Guangxi Explained

Jingxi
Native Name:	· Zhuang; Chuang: Cingsih Si
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Settlement Type:	County-level city
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Guangxi
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Baise
Seat Type:	Municipal seat
Seat:	Xinjing
Area Total Km2:	3331
Population Total:	629,800
Population As Of:	2011
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	23.1333°N 131°W
Elevation M:	748
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8
Website:	http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/bswz/jxx/

Jingxi (Zhuang: Cingsae Si) is a county-level city of western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise City.

Administrative divisions

There are 11 towns and 8 townships in Jingxi:^[1]

Towns:

• Xinjing (新靖镇), Huadong (化峒镇), Hurun (湖润镇), Ande (安德镇), Youlin (龙临镇), Quyang (渠洋镇), Yuexu (岳圩镇), Longbang (龙邦镇), Ludong (禄峒镇), Wuping (武平镇), Dizhou (地州镇)

Townships:

• Tongde Township (同德乡), Renzhuang Township (壬庄乡), Anning Township (安宁乡), Nanpo Township (南坡乡), Tianpan Township (吞盘乡), Guole Township (果乐乡), Xinjia Township (新甲乡), Kuixu Township (魁圩乡)

Demographics

Jingxi's population was 605,100 (2010).^[2] 99.71% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group. The rest include Han, Yao, Miao, and other ethnic groups.^[3]

Languages

David Holm (2010)^[4] lists the following Zhuang dialects of Jingxi County, and provides comparative word lists for them as well. Holm (2010) notes that Zhuang dialects have not diversified gradually within Jingxi County, but are the results of mass migrations from other parts of Guangxi and even from Vietnam during the past several centuries.

• Yang 洋/佯 (pronounced as /phu˩˧ jaŋ˥˦/): Lingua franca of Jingxi County, spoken in county seat and most towns.
• Nong 儂 (Nung, pronounced as /phu˩˧ tsuŋ˨˩˦/): spoken in villages around the county seat. It has more conservative phonology than Yang, although Nong is closely related to Yang.
• Zong 宗 (Tsung, pronounced as /phu˩˧ tsuŋ˨˩˦/): in Longlin 龍臨, Sanhe 三合, Guole 果樂, and Nanpo 南坡 townships.
• Long’an 儂安 (Nung’an, pronounced as /noŋ˧˩ aːn˥˦/): in Longlin 龍臨, Sanhe 三合, Dajia 大甲, and Dadao 大道 townships. Northern Tai.
• Sheng 省 (Seng, pronounced as /phu˩˧ θeŋ˨˧˨˧/): in Wuping 武平, Sanhe, Ande 安德, and Nanpo 南坡 (Dingjin 定金) townships. Northern Tai.
• Rui 銳 (Yui, pronounced as /phu˩˧ jui˨˧˨˧/): in Quyang 渠洋, Longlin 龍臨, and Kuixu 魁墟 townships.
• Zuozhou 左州 (Tsatsou, phu13 tsa54 tsou54): in Longlin 龍臨, Ande 安德, Sanhe 三合, and Wuping 武平 townships.
• Fu: in Quyang 渠洋 township.

Transportation

The city has one railway station, Jingxi railway station.

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/10/451081.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：靖西市. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.
2. http://www.tjcn.org/rkpcgb/rkpcgb/201112/22627.html Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010/China Statistical Information Network
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004180420/http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/bswz/jxx/gk.htm Official website of Jingxi
4. Holm, David. 2010. "Linguistic Diversity along the China-Vietnam Border." In Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, Volume 33.2, October 2010.