Renshou County


Renshou County is a county in Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. It is located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin. It has an area of, and population of 1,110,017 in 2020. Founded in the Qin dynasty. Its name may derive from the first Sui Dynasty emperor's palace located in Shaanxi province, Renshou palace. During the Southern Dynasties it was called Huairen County and in the Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties it was called Puning County. Its name was changed to Renshou in 598 during the Sui Dynasty.

Demographics

Though Renshou is majority Han Chinese there is a small population of Hui, Yi, Dai, and Tibetan peoples in the Qinggang township. It is common for Han residents of different areas of Renshou to visit Qinggang for their ethnic foods, especially Hui produced meat.

Language

While Mandarin in the official language, most residents speak the a dialect Renshou-Fushun subdialect of Sichuanese. Tonally, the Renshou dialect has a higher rising tone then the other subdialects in the region.

Climate

1993 riots

From mid-May to June 1993, Renshou County was the site of mass anti-tax riots, where up to 10,000 peasants protested tax measures by Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms. Causes cited for the riots include an increase in taxes and fees, failure of local officials to pay for grain collection, and the generally low income of rural residents in the area.

Tianfu New Area

In recent years, Renshou County has integrated into the Tianfu New Area. The distance from Renshou's downtown to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, is 110 kilometers, and 125 kilometers to Shuangliu International Airport. It also gives Renshou access to the new Chengdu Tianfu International Airport only 100 kilometers away opened in 2021.

Transport

  • China National Highway G213
  • China National Highway G4215
  • China National Highway G351
  • Chengzilu Expressway S4
  • Guanghong Expressway S40
  • Expressway S106
  • Chengdu No. 3 Raocheng Express

    Administrative divisions

Renshou County comprises 4 subdistricts and 26 towns and 2 townships:
  • subdistricts: Wenlin Subdistrict, Puning Subdistrict, Huairen Subdistrict, Shigao Subdistrict ;
  • towns: Wengong, Hejia, Longma, Fangjia, Dahua, Gaojia, Lujia, Baofei, Zhangjia, Cihang, Wangyang, Zhongxiang, Shijian, Manjing, Fujia, Longzheng, Heilongtan, Beidou, Baoma, Zhujia, Caojia, Xie'an, Xindian, Outang, Banqiao, Guiping ;
  • townships: Yucheng Township, Qinggang Township.
DivisionArea in km2PopulationAdministrative Villages 行政村Neighborhoods社区Economic Groups 经济社Villages 村Townships 镇Minorities
Wangyang town 汪洋镇174.52107,518 3611294
Heilongtan town 黑龙滩镇180.652,00071664
Fujia town 富加镇94.0381,600117243
Baofei town 宝飞镇79.5649,22912137
Manjing town 满井镇83.0643,1689114
Zhongxiang town 钟祥镇78.745,48955
Zhangjia town 彰加镇73.3240,960103
Beidou town 北斗镇
Cihang town 慈航镇60.4832,06053108
Lujia town 禄加镇95.915
Dahua town 大化镇6836,70053
Kaijian town 始建镇47.542,050
Wengong town 文宫镇
Longzheng town 龙正镇115.5646,00067112
Longma town 龙马镇99.66540,0002220113
Hejia town 禾加镇87.661,784
Fangjia town 方家镇46.693,160
Baoma town 宝马镇
Zhujia town 珠嘉镇
Caojia town 曹家镇
Xindian town 新店镇
Xie-an town谢安镇31,32096
Outang town 藕塘镇
Banqiao town 板桥镇
Yucheng township 虞丞乡82.2617,554
Qinggang township 青岗乡29.615,3515691,986 Hui and 83 Yi, Dai, and Tibetan
Wenlin residential district 文林街道56.296,000 12
Puning residential district 普宁街道52.5258,397 13
Huairen residential district 怀仁街道47125,00013

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