Hezhang County

Hezhang is a county in the northwest of Guizhou province, China, bordering Yunnan to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie.

Administrative divisions
Hezhang County is divided into 5 subdistricts, 10 towns, 3 townships and 12 ethnic townships:


 * ethnic townships:
 * Shuitangbao Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 水塘堡彝族苗族乡
 * Xingfa Miao, Yi and Hui Ethnic Township 兴发苗族彝族回族乡
 * Songlinpo Bai, Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 松林坡白族彝族苗族乡
 * Zhijie Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 雉街彝族苗族乡
 * Zhushi Yi Ethnic Township 珠市彝族乡
 * Shuangping Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 双坪彝族苗族乡
 * Tiejiang Miao Ethnic Township 铁匠苗族乡
 * Fuchu Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 辅处彝族苗族乡
 * Kele Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 可乐彝族苗族乡
 * Hezhen Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 河镇彝族苗族乡
 * Jiegou Yi and Miao Ethnic Township 结构彝族苗族乡
 * Guda Miao and Yi Ethnic Township 古达苗族彝族乡

Ethnic groups
The Hezhang County Gazetteer (2001:105-108) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.


 * Bai: 3,856 persons (1995)
 * Qixingmin (七姓民): located in Yongkang (永康) and Shanmuqing (杉木箐), Shuitangbao Township (水塘堡乡)
 * Autonyms/Yi exonyms: Luoju (罗举), Zhuoluoju (卓罗举)
 * Historical names: Boren (僰人) and Baizi (白子)
 * Other names: Qixingmin (七姓民) and Minjia (民家)
 * Surnames: Zhang, Li , Su , Yang , Zhao , Xu , Qian
 * Locations: ancestors from Sandaohe (三道河), Weining County
 * Nanjingren (南京人) (Yi exonym: Awutu 阿武吐)
 * Buyi: 2,939 persons (1995): in Nongchang Village (农场村), Kele Township (可乐乡) (pop. 332)

Ethnic Bai are also found in:
 * Sanjiazhai (三家寨), Kele Township (可乐乡)
 * Wopi (窝皮寸), Zexiong (则雄), Songlinpo Township (松林坡乡)

Mining
The county has large reserves of coal, iron, lead, zinc, and germanium. Mining had been and remains a major industry; however, inadequate management and regulation of zinc mining has resulted in widespread cadmium poisoning.