Pingdeng (simplified Chinese: 平等镇; traditional Chinese: 平等鎮; pinyin: Píngděng Zhèn) is a town in Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China.[1] As of the 2018 census it had a population of 28,800 and an area of 365-square-kilometre (141 sq mi).
Pingdeng Town
平等镇 | |
|---|---|
  Pingdeng Town Location in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 26°03′23″N 109°55′26″E / 26.05639°N 109.92389°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture | Guilin |
| Autonomous county | Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 365 km2 (141 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 28,800 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 541000 |
| Area code | 0773 |
Administrative division
editAs of 2016, the town is divided into twenty-one villages and one community:
- Pingdeng Community (平等社区)
- Paotian (庖田村)
- Guangnan (广南村)
- Pingdeng (平等村)
- Longping (龙坪村)
- Banhe (半河村)
- Xinyuan (新元村)
- Gudong (固洞村)
- Mengdong (蒙洞村)
- Zhaizhen (寨枕村)
- Pingdeng (平定村)
- Yingzhou (硬州村)
- Luohan (罗汉村)
- Xiaojiang (小江村)
- Chengtian (城田村)
- Taiping (太坪村)
- Ping'an (平熬村)
- Jiahe (甲河村)
- Liuli (琉璃村)
- Dongshe (东社村)
- Changbei (昌背村)
- Longjiang (隆江村)
History
editThe town was historically known as "Pengteng" in Kam language. It was named "Pingdeng" (平邓) in Chinese language. In early Republic of China, the Chinese character "邓", was changed to "等" of the same pronunciation.
In 2014 it was upgraded to a town.
Geography
editThe town is situated at northwestern Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County. The town is bordered to the north by Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, to the east by Weijiang Township, to the south by Lejiang Town, and to the west by Tongdao Dong Autonomous County.
The Xun River flows north to south through the town.
Economy
editThe local economy is primarily based upon agriculture and local industry.
References
edit- ^ Yang Tongming 2007, pp. 13–21.
Bibliography
edit- Yang Tongming, ed. (2007). "Administrative divisions" 行政区划. 《龙胜各族自治县概况》 [General Situation of Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Beijing: Nationalities Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-105-08630-6.