Nayong County | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | Location of Bijie Prefecture within Guizhou (China).png |
Map Caption1: | Bijie in Guizhou |
Coor Pinpoint: | Nayong County government |
Coordinates: | 26.7793°N 105.4146°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guizhou |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Bijie |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Yongxi |
Area Total Km2: | 2452.32 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1081429 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Nayong County is a county in the west of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of Bijie city. It is rich in natural resources: coal, lead, zinc, marble, sulfur, iron, fluorite, dolomite, limestone and others. A significant portion of Guizhou's coal production is extracted in Nayong.[1] Nayong's marble is famous in China, and the annual production is .[2] For agriculture, timber, tobacco, walnut and tea are some products of importance. In 2016, the total GDP was, with a GDP per capita of .
Nayong is partitioned in the following 3 subdistricts, 13 towns and 10 ethnic townships:[3]
The total population is a little over 1 million people as of 2016 with a male to female ratio of 1.07:1. The urban population was 242,379 people. Nayong is home to at least 29 ethnic minorities such as Miao, Yi, Bai, Buyi, Hui, Dong and Zhuang.[1]
Nayong has a railway station on the Zhijin to Liupanshui railroad, which was completed in 2015.[4]