Tianlin County Explained

Tianlin
Native Name: · Zhuang; Chuang: Denzlinz Yen
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Guangxi
Pushpin Label:Tianlin
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Guangxi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guangxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Baise
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Leli
Area Total Km2:5584
Population Total:224828
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:24.294°N 106.229°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Tianlin County (; Zhuang; Chuang: Denzlinz Yen) is a county in the west of Guangxi, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the north and Yunnan to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baise.

Administrative divisions

Tianlin County is divided into 5 towns, 5 townships and 4 ethnic townships:[1]

towns
townships
ethnic townships

Demographics

Ethnic Yao are distributed mostly in the townships of Lizhou 利周, Lucheng 潞城, Bagui 八桂, Nongwa 弄瓦, Fuda 福达, and Badu 八渡, while ethnic Yi are found in Changjing Village 常井村 of Ding'an Township 定安镇.[2]

The Miao of Tianlin County call themselves "Mengxia 孟夏", while the Zhuang call themselves Puyue 甫越 (bu33 jui33), the Han call themselves Kebianren 客边人 ('guest people'), and the Yi call themselves Buna 布那.[3]

Yao

The Yao of Tianlin County consist of the following four subgroups.[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/45/10/451029.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:田林县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.
  2. Web site: 第二节 民族构成 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100942/http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?seachword=&K=c&A=25&rec=58&run=13 . 2017-10-24 . zh . Section 2 National Composition.
  3. Web site: 第一节 族称族源 . zh . https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100631/http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?seachword=&K=c&A=25&rec=67&run=13 . 2017-10-24 . Section 1: Clan Name and Origin.