Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County (Zhuang: Vanzgyangh Mauznamzcuz Swci Yen; simplified Chinese: 环江毛南族自治县; traditional Chinese: 環江毛南族自治縣; pinyin: Huánjiāng máonánzú Zìzhìxiàn) is an ethnic Maonan autonomous county in the north of Guangxi, China, bordering Guizhou province to the north and northwest. It is under the administration of Hechi city. It is the only Maonan autonomous county in China.
Administrative divisions
Huangjiang County is divided into 6 towns, 5 townships and 1 ethnic township:[1]
towns
Si'en Town 思恩镇
Shuiyuan Town 水源镇
Luoyang Town 洛阳镇
Chuanshan Town 川山镇
Minglun Town 明伦镇
Dongxing Town 东兴镇
townships
Dacai Township 大才乡
Xianan Township 下南乡
Da'an Township 大安乡
Changmei Township 长美乡
Longyan Township 龙岩乡
ethnic township
Xunle Miao Ethnic Township 驯乐苗族乡
City
Scene of a Wet Market in Huanjiang
The city of Huanjiang is the county seat and a county-level city. It's located 30km away from Hechi City. In 2020, Xi Jinping gave instruction to the Maonan people of Huanjiang to work hard and alleviate poverty. [2] This in turn brought more investment into the city for development and a High Speed Rail was constructed and inaugurated in 2022 which connects the 2 cities to Nanning and Guizhou.
Other modes of inter-city transportation are via coach, Passenger trains or private taxi.
Culture
Although designated as an ethnic city, the Maonan people still constitute the minority of the city as the other dominant groups are Han and Zhuang.
In terms of cuisine, a speciality of the city is Maonan-style beef jerky (毛南香牛肉干) and other dishes found in restaurants are Pickled pork (酸肉) and a variety of other pickled vegetables.
Tourism
Huanjiang High-Speed Railway Station
One of the economical outputs of the county is its numerous scenic spots like waterfalls, caves and mountaineering through its vast range of karst mountains.
Climate
Climate data for Huanjiang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
