| Tongdao County | |
| Other Name: | Tungtao |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 4185XX |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
| Pushpin Label: | Tongdao |
| 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: | Huaihua |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2225.36 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 206650 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 26.157°N 109.784°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Tongdao (the full name: "Tongdao Dong Autonomous County", ; usually referred to as "Tongdao County",) is an autonomous county of Dong people in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua. Tongdao is also the 5th least-populous county of the province (after Shaoshan, Guzhang, Shuangpai and Yanling).
Located on the south western corner of Hunan province, Tongdao borders Guizhou to the west and Guangxi to the south. The county lies in the southernmost part of Huaihua, it is the least populous and least densely populated county-level division of Huaihua.[2] Tongdao borders to the northwest by Jingzhou County, to the northeast by Suining and Chengbu Counties, to the southeast and the south by Longsheng and Sanjiang Counties of Guangxi, to the west by Liping County of Guizhou. The county covers 2239km2, as of 2015, it has a census registered population of 242,100 and a permanent resident population of 212,300.[3] The county has 8 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Shuangjiang Town (Chinese: 双江镇).[4] [5]
There are two Miao subgroups in Tongdao County, namely Hua Miao (Chinese: 花苗 mjiu55 ken35) and Cao Miao (Chinese: 草苗 mjiu55). Despite being officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Miao, Cao Miao is actually a Kam-Sui language.[6]