Pingtang County (Chinese: 平塘县; pinyin: Píngtáng Xiàn) is a county in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou, in southwest China. It is a high mountain valley and is inhabited mainly by members of the Buyei and Miao ethnic minorities, who together make up 55% of the county's population.[1]
The county's area is 2,816 square km and in 2002 its population was approximately 300,000. The county's government is based in the town of Pinghu.
In June 2002, a 270 million-year-old stone called Hidden character stone inscribed with five Chinese characters, reading "中国共产党" ("the Communist Party of China") was discovered at the Zhangbu Scenic Spot in Zhangbu village (掌布乡).[2][3]
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The towns and townships under the jurisdiction of Pingtang County include:
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