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Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County (彭水苗族土家族自治縣 Pinyin: Pengshui Miaozu Tujiazu Zizhixian) is located in southeastern Chongqing, China. It is 270 kilometres away from Downtown Chongqing.
1 Geography
It is at the lower reach of Wu River (烏江) and in the mountainous region of Wuling (武陵山). 27.3% of Pengshui is covered by forest.
Neighbours:
- North: Shizhu Tujia County (石柱土家族自治縣)
- Northeast: Lichuan City, Hexi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (鄂西土家族苗族自治州利川市), Hubei
- East: Qianjiang Tujia Autonomous County
- Southeast: Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (酉陽土家族苗族自治縣)
- South: Yanhe Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (沿河土家族苗族自治縣), Guizhou; Wuchuan Gelao and Miao Autonomous County (務川仡佬族苗族自治縣)
- Southwest: Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County (道真仡佬族苗族自治縣), Guizhou
- West: Wulong County (武隆)
- Northwest: Fengdu County (豐都)
2 Demographics
59.5% of Pengshui residents are members of the 11 ethnic minorities: Miao, Tujia, Mongol, HuiThe Hui ethnic group is unrelated to the Hui dialects''. The Hu are a Chinese ethnic group. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most Hui are similar in culture and appearance to Han Chinese with t, GelaoThe Gelao people (own name: Klau, Chinese: Gelozu) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They number approximately 438,200 and are mainly located in the western part of the Guiz, Tong , Tibetans, ManchuThe Manchu manju in Manchu; ( pinyin: mnzu) in Chinese, often shortened to ( pinyin: mn)) are an ethnic group who originated in northeastern Manchuria. They conquered the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China unts, ZhuangThe Zhuang people ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuangzu; own name: Boucuen/Bouxcuengh) are an ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic, YiThe Yi people(Chinese: Yizu, own name: Nosu) are a modern ethnic group in China. Numbering 6. 6 million, they are the seventh largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Si, and HaniThe Hani people (own name: Haqniq Chinese: Hniz are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 nationalities officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Most of them live in Yunnan province. The orogins of the Hani was obsolete. They are believ. There are 270,000 Miao and 90,000 Tujia in Pengshui.
3 History
In 593 ( Sui DynastyThe Sui Dynasty ( Hanyu Pinyin: Sui, Tongyong Pinyin: Suei, 581- 618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of rule by warlords. Bodhisattva, sandstone, Tianlongshan Grottoes, S), Pengshui District (縣) was established. "Pengshui" means "Peng River", and was the old name for the Yu River (郁江). By 1645 during the Qing Dynasty , it was part of Chongqing Prefecture (重慶府). In 1913 ( Republic of China), it was part of Dongchuan Circuit (東川道). In 1927, it was reassigned to Changgong Bureau (長公署) of Sichuan Province. And in 1935 , of the Eighth Administrative Inspection Area (第八行政督察區) of Sichuan.
On November 16, 1949, Pengshui was captured by the communists. In January 1950, it was part of Fuling Special District of Chuandong administrative territory (川東行署涪陵專區). 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.
