Tianyang District (; Standard Zhuang: ; Youjiang Zhuang: ) is a district in western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baise.
History Tianyang County was formed in 1935 by combining Fengyi County () and Enyang County () with the county seat in Napo () and in 1954 the county seat was moved to Tianzhou ().田阳县志(概述) http://lib.gxdqw.com/view-c20-1.html retrieved 2018-06-21 In 1935 the population was 135,071.田阳县志(人口数量) http://lib.gxdqw.com/view-c20-373.html retrieved 2018-06-21
In August 2019, the county was converted into a district.
Administrative divisions There are 9 towns and 1 township in the district:
Towns: Tianzhou (田州镇) Napo (那坡镇) Pohong (坡洪镇) Naman (那满镇) Baiyu (百育镇) Yufeng (玉凤镇) Toutang (头塘镇) Wucun (五村镇) Dongjing (洞靖镇)
Township: Babie Township (巴别乡)
Demographics Tianyang's population was 338,300 in 2010. 90.2% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010/China Statistical Information Network , 2011-12-13 and speak Youjiang Zhuang (). The rest include Han, Yao, Miao, and other ethnic groups. Official website of Tianyang
Climate
Culture and Arts Tianyang boasts many traditional singing styles, beyond folk songs, including Cantonese opera, Colourful Opera (), Zhuang opera, and the "Tang Emperor" () style.厉害了！广西田阳县有壮语的Rap 你听过吗？http://gx.sina.com.cn/news/gx/2018-05-27/detail-ihcaqueu7685861.shtml?from=gx_cnxh retrieved 2018-06-20, Chinese article with about one third content translated into English
Transportation Apart from road access including the G80 Guangzhou–Kunming Expressway, the district also has rail access via Tianyang Railway Station which is part of the Nanning–Kunming high-speed railway network and air access via Baise Bama Airport.
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