Songtao Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous

Autonomous areas of China

In a similar fashion to the former Soviet Union's titular nations, a number of areas associated with one or more ethnic minorities are designated as autonomous within the People's Republic of China . These areas are recognized in the PRC's constitution and are nominally given a number of rights not...

 county of northeastern Guizhou

Guizhou

' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country. Its provincial capital city is Guiyang.- History :...

 province, Southwest China

Southwest China

Southwest China is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing, the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Tibet Autonomous Region.-Provinces:-Municipalities:...

, created for the Miao people

Miao people

The Miao or ม้ง ; ) is an ethnic group recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China as one of the 55 official minority groups. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect the self-designations of the component nations of people, which include Hmong, Hmu, A Hmao, and Kho Xiong...

. It is under the administration of Tongren Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

Towns (13): 蓼皋镇 | 盘石镇 | 盘信镇 | 大坪场镇 | 普觉镇 | 寨英镇 | 孟溪镇 | 乌罗镇 | 甘龙镇 | 长兴堡镇 | 迓驾镇 | 大兴镇 | 牛郎镇

Townships (15): 九江乡 | 世昌乡 | 正大乡 | 长坪乡 | 太平营乡 | 平头乡 | 大路乡 | 妙隘乡 | 冷水溪乡 | 石梁乡 | 瓦溪乡 | 永安乡 | 木树乡 | 黄板乡 | 沙坝河乡

External links

• Official website of Songtao County government