Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County

Pengshui and Tujia Autonomous County is located in southeastern Chongqing, . It is 270 kilometres away from Downtown Chongqing.

Area: 3903
Population: 622,200
County seat: Hanjia Zhen
Geographic coordinates: 28°57′-29° 51′ North, 107°48′-108°36′ East
Altitude: 245 metres

Geography

It is at the lower reach of Wu Jiang and in the mountainous region of Wuling . 27.3% of Pengshui is covered by forest.

Neighbours:
North:
Northeast: Lichuan City, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture , Hubei
East: District
Southeast: Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County
South: Yanhe Tujia and Miao Autonomous County , Guizhou; Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County
Southwest: Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County , Guizhou
West: Wulong County
Northwest: Fengdu County

Demographics

59.5% of Pengshui residents are members of the following 11 : , Tujia, , , Gelao, , , Manchus, Zhuang, , and . There are 270,000 Miao and 90,000 Tujia in Pengshui.

History

In 593 , Pengshui District was established. "Pengshui" means "Peng River", and was the old name for the Yu River . By 1645 during the Qing Dynasty, it was part of Chongqing Prefecture . In 1913 , it was part of Dongchuan . In 1927, it was reassigned to Changgong Bureau of Sichuan Province. And in 1935, of the Eighth Administrative Inspection Area of Sichuan.

On November 16, 1949, Pengshui was captured by the s. In January 1950, it was part of Fuling Special District of Chuandong administrative territory . In September 1952, Fuling Special District was transferred to Sichuan, and was changed to a prefecture in June 1968.

The autonomous county status was approved by the State Council on November 14, 1983. The official status began November 10 of the following year. In 1987, it was assigned to Qianjiang Prefecture. In June 1997, it was directly governed by Chongqing Municipality.

Subdivisions

10 towns and 29 townships, which contain 602 villages, 41 neighborhood committees and 4902 village committees .

Towns:
Hanjia
Gaogu
Yushan
Baojia
Huangjia
Lujiao
Sangzhe
Puzi
Longshe
Lianhu

Townships:
Dianshui
Qiaozi
Luming
Xintian
Anzi
Runxi
Changtan
Zhufo
Litang
Xiaochang
Meiziya
Wanzu
Shipan
Shuanglong
Daya
Shiliu
Sanyi
Ping'an
Lutang
Zouma
Longxi
Shangan
Langxi
Longtang
Lianhe
Qianqiao
Taiyuan
Tonglou
Yandong