Shicheng County
Shicheng County (Chinese: 石城县) is a county, under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou, in Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.
Culture
Like their cousins in other counties of the southern Jiangxi uplands, the people of Shicheng are Hakkas, and pride themselves on their heritage of friendliness, especially to guests and strangers (Hospitality).
Production
Population
300 000 (one of the smallest in the Ganzhou municipal region)
Transportation
National Route 206 crosses the county from north to south, ie from Guangchang County town in Fuzhou to Ruijin City, Ganzhou.
Province-maintained roads lead off 206, westward through Pingshan Town into Ningdu County, Ganzhou, and eastward (over the watershed into Fujian), to Shibi Town and Ninghua County-town, both in Sanming.
Agriculture
The county's economy is bolstered by lotus as well as by the tobacco unfailingly picked up by the government-monopoly CNTC.
Administration
The county government, lower-level court, CPC branch and GongAn branch are located in Qinjiang town (琴江镇) on National Route 206.
Towns (镇, zhen)
There are four other towns:
Gaotian (高田), Xiaosong （小松), Pingshan (屏山), Huangjiang (櫎江)
Townships (乡, xiang)
There are ten townships, former People's communes:
Mulan (木兰), Changtian (长天), Fengshan (丰山), Yanling (岩岭), Guanxia (观下), Zhukeng (珠坑), Dayou (大由), Longgang (龙岗), Xiaogu (小姑), Yangdi (洋地)
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