Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County

Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, usually referred to as Jingzhou County or abbreviated just as Jingzhou, is an autonomous county of Miao and Dong peoples in Hunan Province, China, the county is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua. It was known as "Jing County", renamed to the present name on February 19, 1987. Jingzhou is located on the southwestern margin of Hunan Province, adjacent to Guizhou Province. It borders Jinpin, Liping and Tianzhu Counties of Guizhou to the west, Tongdao County to the south, Suining County to the east, Huitong County to the north. The county covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 271,403 and a resident population of 253,000. The county has six towns and five townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is the town of Quyang. Etymology The name "Jingzhou" appears on official papers dated 1103, when the local leader Yang Shengzhen has allegiance to the Song Empire (960–1279). "Jing" means "pacify" and "zhou" means "prefecture". History According to the unearthed cultural relics, human habitation in Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County dates back the Paleolithic Age.