Tianyang County was formed in 1935 by combining Fengyi County (奉议县) and Enyang County (恩阳县) with the county seat in Napo (那坡镇) and in 1954 the county seat was moved to Tianzhou (田州镇).[1] In 1935 the population was 135,071.[2]
In August 2019, the county was converted into a district.[3]
Administrative divisions
There are 9 towns and 1 township in the county:[4]
Tianyang's population was 338,300 in 2010. 90.2% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group,[5] and speak Youjiang Zhuang (Gangjdoj). The rest include Han, Yao, Miao, and other ethnic groups.[6]
In Tianyang, there are many traditional types of singing, not just folk songs, but also Cantonese opera, Colourful Opera (彩调), Zhuang opera, and "Tang Emperor" (唐皇) style.[9]