Pingtang County

Pingtang County (Chinese: 平塘县; pinyin: Píngtáng Xiàn) is a county in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou, in southwest China. It is a high mountain valley and is inhabited mainly by members of the Buyei and Miao ethnic minorities, who together make up 55% of the county's population.[1]

The county's area is 2,799.08 square km and at the 2010 Census its population was 228,560. The county's government is based in the town of Pinghu.

The Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is located in the southwestern part of Pingtan County, near its Kedu and Tangbian Towns and Dongjia Township of the adjacent Luodian County.

Towns and townships

The towns and townships under the jurisdiction of Pingtang County include:

Towns

Townships

Curiosities

In June 2002, Chinese researchers announced the discovery of a 270-million-year-old stone called Hidden character stone inscribed with six Chinese characters, reading "中国共产党亡" ("the Communist Party of China Perish") at the Zhangbu Scenic Spot in Zhangbu village (掌布乡).[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Kuang MG (July 1986). "[Develop family planning work based on the reality of minority regions]". Renkou Yanjiu (in Chinese) (4): 40–1. PMID 12159294.
  2. ↑ "2.7亿年"中国共产党亡"字样地质奇观惊现贵州(图)". News.xinhuanet.com. 2003-12-08. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  3. ↑ ""救星石" 两亿七千万年的神秘天书-搜狐新闻". News.sohu.com. Retrieved 2011-06-27.

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Coordinates: 25°49′48″N 107°19′12″E / 25.83000°N 107.32000°E / 25.83000; 107.32000

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