Qianjiang District (Qianjiang)
Qianjiang District, formerly Qianjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, is a district (formerly an autonomous county), in the southeastern part of Chongqing, China, bordering Hubei province to the east and northeast. While it is governed as a district, in practice Qianjiang is its own city proper far removed from the urban centre of Chongqing. Qianjiang is nicknamed "The Throat of Sichuan and Hubei" (川鄂咽喉) because it sits on the intersection of Sichuan-Hubei and Sichuan-Hunan Roads.
Qianjiang District has a permanent population of 487,281, per the 2020 Chinese Census, the majority of which is ethnically Tujia. The district is also home to large Han Chinese and Miao populations, which comprise about 30% and 15% of the district's population, respectively.
According to the district government, humanoid activity in the region date back to approximately 600,000 years ago.
The district government claims the area was incorporated into the Xia dynasty as Liang Prefecture.
Later, the area would belong to the and the Ba state.
During the Qin dynasty, the area was organized as and Nan Commandery. The area was home to a variety of different ethnic groups at the time.
In 140 BCE, during the Western Han period, was established under the Ba Commandery. Fuling County's government was seated in present-day, and the county governed over much of present-day Chongqing and northeast Guizhou. Circa 106 BCE, Liang Prefecture was reorganized as Yi Province, which now governed the area.
In 201 CE, the area was reorganized as, which governed over four counties: Fuling County, Yongning County , Hanjia County , and Danxing County. Danxing County, which survived up through the Northern and Southern dynasties period, had its county seat in present-day in Qianjiang District. However, local administrative units often held little de facto power, as, for the next two centuries, local leaders of different ethnic groups raised local militias to promote their own interests. In 565 CE, local ethnic leader Tian Sihe, effectively incorporated much of the land in the area into the Northern Zhou. The Northern Zhou reorganized the area into a number of different zhou, including (which would shortly be changed to ),, and.
In 585 CE (during the Sui dynasty), Danxing County was reorganized as Shicheng County (石城县), which belonged to Yong Prefecture (庸州), with the district seat at today's Ba Village of Baxiang County (坝乡县坝村). Due to the recent establishment of a number of other counties in the area, the territory governed by Shicheng County was relatively small, and the county was merged into Pengshui County, which was governed by Qi Prefecture, in 607 CE. Yong Prefecture was replaced by Badong Commandery (巴东郡).
Qianjiang District has a permanent population of 487,281, per the 2020 Chinese Census, the majority of which is ethnically Tujia. The district is also home to large Han Chinese and Miao populations, which comprise about 30% and 15% of the district's population, respectively.
According to the district government, humanoid activity in the region date back to approximately 600,000 years ago.
The district government claims the area was incorporated into the Xia dynasty as Liang Prefecture.
Later, the area would belong to the and the Ba state.
During the Qin dynasty, the area was organized as and Nan Commandery. The area was home to a variety of different ethnic groups at the time.
In 140 BCE, during the Western Han period, was established under the Ba Commandery. Fuling County's government was seated in present-day, and the county governed over much of present-day Chongqing and northeast Guizhou. Circa 106 BCE, Liang Prefecture was reorganized as Yi Province, which now governed the area.
In 201 CE, the area was reorganized as, which governed over four counties: Fuling County, Yongning County , Hanjia County , and Danxing County. Danxing County, which survived up through the Northern and Southern dynasties period, had its county seat in present-day in Qianjiang District. However, local administrative units often held little de facto power, as, for the next two centuries, local leaders of different ethnic groups raised local militias to promote their own interests. In 565 CE, local ethnic leader Tian Sihe, effectively incorporated much of the land in the area into the Northern Zhou. The Northern Zhou reorganized the area into a number of different zhou, including (which would shortly be changed to ),, and.
In 585 CE (during the Sui dynasty), Danxing County was reorganized as Shicheng County (石城县), which belonged to Yong Prefecture (庸州), with the district seat at today's Ba Village of Baxiang County (坝乡县坝村). Due to the recent establishment of a number of other counties in the area, the territory governed by Shicheng County was relatively small, and the county was merged into Pengshui County, which was governed by Qi Prefecture, in 607 CE. Yong Prefecture was replaced by Badong Commandery (巴东郡).
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