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Jingxi, Guangxi

Jingxi (Chinese: 靖西市; pinyin: Jìngxī Shì, Zhuang: Cingsae Si) is a county-level city of western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise City.

Jingxi
靖西市 · Cingsih Si

China

Guangxi

Baise

Xinjing

3,331 km2 (1,286 sq mi)

748 m (2,454 ft)

629,800

190/km2 (490/sq mi)

UTC+8 (China Standard)

http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/bswz/jxx/

(新靖镇), Huadong (化峒镇), Hurun (湖润镇), Ande (安德镇), Youlin (龙临镇), Quyang (渠洋镇), Yuexu (岳圩镇), Longbang (龙邦镇), Ludong (禄峒镇), Wuping (武平镇), Dizhou (地州镇)

Xinjing

There are 11 towns and 8 townships in Jingxi:[1]


Towns:


Townships:

Demographics[edit]

Jingxi's population was 605,100 (2010).[2] 99.71% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group. The rest include Han, Yao, Miao, and other ethnic groups.[3]

洋/佯 (phu˩˧ jaŋ˥˦): Lingua franca of Jingxi County, spoken in county seat and most towns.

Yang

儂 (Nung, phu˩˧ tsuŋ˨˩˦): spoken in villages around the county seat. It has more conservative phonology than Yang, although Nong is closely related to Yang.

Nong

Zong 宗 (Tsung, phu˩˧ tsuŋ˨˩˦): in Longlin 龍臨, Sanhe 三合, Guole 果樂, and Nanpo 南坡 townships.

Long’an 儂安 (Nung’an, noŋ˧˩ aːn˥˦): in Longlin 龍臨, Sanhe 三合, Dajia 大甲, and Dadao 大道 townships. .

Northern Tai

Sheng 省 (Seng, phu˩˧ θeŋ˨˧˨˧): in Wuping 武平, Sanhe, Ande 安德, and Nanpo 南坡 (Dingjin 定金) townships. .

Northern Tai

Rui 銳 (Yui, phu˩˧ jui˨˧˨˧): in Quyang 渠洋, Longlin 龍臨, and Kuixu 魁墟 townships.

Zuozhou 左州 (Tsatsou, phu13 tsa54 tsou54): in Longlin 龍臨, Ande 安德, Sanhe 三合, and Wuping 武平 townships.

Fu: in Quyang 渠洋 township.

David Holm (2010)[4] lists the following Zhuang dialects of Jingxi County, and provides comparative word lists for them as well. Holm (2010) notes that Zhuang dialects have not diversified gradually within Jingxi County, but are the results of mass migrations from other parts of Guangxi and even from Vietnam during the past several centuries.

Transportation[edit]

The city has one railway station, Jingxi railway station.

(in Chinese)

Official website