Jinping County, Guizhou

Jinping County is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China, bordering Hunan to the east. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.

WWW jinping.gov.cn

Administrative divisions

Jinping County is divided into 7 towns and 8 townships:
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Sanjiang 三江镇
Maoping 茅坪镇
Dunzhai 敦寨镇
Qimeng 启蒙镇
Pingqiu 平秋镇
Tonggu 铜鼓镇
Pinglüe 平略镇

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Datong 大同乡
Xinhua 新化乡
Longli 隆里乡
Zhongling 钟灵乡
Ouli 偶里乡
Guben 固本乡
Hekou 河口乡
Yandong 彦洞乡

Languages

Dong

Dong is the most widely spoken non-Chinese language in Jinping County. The three main dialects of Dong are the Jiuzhai, Datong, and Qimeng dialects.

Jiuzhai dialect : Northern Dong, first lectal area. Spoken in Pingqiu, Kuidan, Gaoba, Huangmen, and Yandong townships. Representative dialect: Pisuo Village in Gaoba Township.
Datong dialect : Northern Dong, third lectal area. Spoken in Datong, Suijiang, and Xiudong townships. Representative dialect: Xiudong Village.
Qimeng dialect : Southern Dong, first lectal area. Spoken in Qimeng, Juzhai, and Shengli townships. Representative dialect: Zhemeng Village in Qimeng Town.

Miao

Eastern Miao is spoken as a first language by about 40,000 people in Jinping County. There are three main Miao dialects spoken in Jinping County, with their respective geographical distributions listed as follows.
;1. Hekou dialect

Qimeng District : Hekou and Wenniu townships
Pinglve District : Zhanghua Township

;2. Ouli dialect

Pinglve District : Pinglve, Ouli, Zhaizao, and Jiaosan townships
Sanjiang District : Maoping, Guazhi, Pingjin, and Suijiang townships
Dunzhai District : Loujiang and Tongpo townships

Note: Ouli has some notable internal dialectal differences. For example, the dialect spoken in Ouli has some differences from the dialect spoken in Loujiang, Tongpo, and Suijiang.
;3. Yuhe dialect

Qimeng District : Yuhe, Xinmin, and Guben townships

Note: Yuhe is the most divergent dialect.