Wutuan
Sign in to saveWutuan () is a rural town in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 13,476 and an area of . The town shares a border with Pingdeng Town to the west, Dingping Township to the east, Baimaoping Township to the north, and Weijiang Township to the south. It is a major border trade town, because its north and west sides are Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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Wutuan () is a rural town in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan, China. As of the 2015 census it had a population of 13,476 and an area of . The town shares a border with Pingdeng Town to the west, Dingping Township to the east, Baimaoping Township to the north, and Weijiang Township to the south. It is a major border trade town, because its north and west sides are Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
==Name== "Wutuan" means five trionychidaes. The name of "Wutuan" derives from five sandbars in the river, which are similar to "trionychidaes", the pronunciation of "trionychidae" in local dialect is "Tuanyu" ().
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