Jingxi, Guangxi


Jingxi is a county-level city of western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise City.

Administrative divisions

There are 11 towns and 8 townships in Jingxi:
Towns:
Townships:
  • Tongde Township, Renzhuang Township, Anning Township, Nanpo Township, Tianpan Township, Guole Township, Xinjia Township, Kuixu Township

    Demographics

Jingxi's population was 605,100. 99.71% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group. The rest include Han, Yao, Miao, and other ethnic groups.

Languages

David Holm lists the following Zhuang dialects of Jingxi County, and provides comparative word lists for them as well. Holm notes that Zhuang dialects have not diversified gradually within Jingxi County, but are the results of mass migrations from other parts of Guangxi and even from Vietnam during the past several centuries.
  • Yang 洋/佯 : Lingua franca of Jingxi County, spoken in county seat and most towns.
  • Nong 儂 : spoken in villages around the county seat. It has more conservative phonology than Yang, although Nong is closely related to Yang.
  • Zong 宗 : in Longlin 龍臨, Sanhe 三合, Guole 果樂, and Nanpo 南坡 townships.
  • Long’an 儂安 : in Longlin 龍臨, Sanhe 三合, Dajia 大甲, and Dadao 大道 townships. Northern Tai.
  • Sheng 省 : in Wuping 武平, Sanhe, Ande 安德, and Nanpo 南坡 townships. Northern Tai.
  • Rui 銳 : in Quyang 渠洋, Longlin 龍臨, and Kuixu 魁墟 townships.
  • Zuozhou 左州 : in Longlin 龍臨, Ande 安德, Sanhe 三合, and Wuping 武平 townships.
  • Fu: in Quyang 渠洋 township.

    Climate

Transportation

The city has one railway station, Jingxi railway station.