Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Quanzhou County

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
China

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
4,021 km²

Prefecture
  
Guilin

Population
  
780,000(in year 2,009)

Postal code
  
541500

Province
  
Guangxi

Quanzhou County httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Quanzhou County is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin city. Quanzhou is the biggest county in Guilin both in size and in population, and is the northeastern most corner of Guangxi. The dialect of here belongs to the Xiang Chinese.

Contents

Map of Quanzhou, Guilin, Guangxi, China

Historically Quanzhou was under the administration of Hunan Province. It was only after Ming Dynasty (1368CE -1644CE) that it was aparted from Hunan into Guangxi.

Yao people

Four languages are spoken by the Yao people of Quanzhou County.

  • Mien 勉
  • Kim Mun 金门
  • Ao Min 邀敏
  • Biao Min 标敏
  • Ethnic Yao are found in the following townships and villages.

  • Dongshan 东山瑶族乡 (4800 households; 20,000 persons)
  • Jiaojiang 蕉江瑶族乡 (400 households; 1,900 persons), including Banyaoshan Village 板瑶山村 (20 households; 120 persons)
  • Shaoshui 绍水镇 (190 households; 900 persons), including Tongyou Village 桐油村 (60 households; 200 persons)
  • References

    Quanzhou County Wikipedia