Tangzhou TZ Meiyu village, Tangzhou district Antang AT Antang village, Tangzhou district

2.3.2 Zhonghe ZH Hezhai hamlet, Zhonghe village

Zhonghe is situated 27 km south of Sandu county seat and 0.5 km north of the Zhonghe township government. Zhonghe administrative village covers an area from 107°53E to 107°69E and 25°45N to 25°50N. The village committee buildings are at an elevation of 720m. The east borders Ladan village 拉 旦村 , the south Guyin village 姑引村 , the west Xiyang 西洋村 village and the north Pangzhai village 庞寨村 . Zhonghe administrative village has a population of 1,554 people constituting 213 households, of which Sui minority account for 98.4. The only people who are not ethnically Sui are government officials who belong to other minority groups. The village is surrounded by mountains with a long, narrow plain in the middle. Most of the cultivated land is in this plain. The village mainly produces rice, wheat, maize, soybeans and chilli peppers. Zhonghe village is at the centre of Zhonghe township and has a market which is held on the fourth 卯 and the tenth 酉 days according to the traditional calendar. The trunk road from Sandu to Libo county travels through Zhonghe village. Zhonghe comprises four hamlets: Dazhai 大寨 , Zhongzhai 中寨 , Hezhai 和寨 and Zaodai 早歹 .

2.3.3 Tangzhou TZ Meiyu village, Tangzhou district

Meiyu village is the location of the Tangzhou district People’s Government in Sandu Sui Autonomous County. It is situated 32 km from the county seat at an elevation of 865m, with a warm and humid climate. The administrative village covers a total area of 2.1 km 2 , overseeing four village groups and one residential group. The village office is in the lower village group of Meiyu. The total population of the village is 735 people constituting 162 households. 97.9 of the village population are Sui minority. There are 380 mu of cultivated land, an average of 0.28 mu per person. Forested mountain slopes account for most natural resources. There are about 1.1 mu of woodland per person and a total of 1,579 mu of wild grassland. Approximately 682 mu of uncultivated land has potential for cultivation. High quality resources that could be developed commercially include woodland, grassy slopes and ponds.

2.3.4 Antang AT Antang village, Tangzhou district

Antang village is situated 6 km north-west of Tangzhou district government. The road from Tangzhou district to Hejiang township 合江镇 runs through the village. The village has a total area of 2.5 km 2 with an average elevation of 730m. Antang administrative village oversees 17 village groups, comprising 471 households with a total of 2,200 people 2,189 agricultural and eleven non-agricultural. 8 Of these, 2,005 are Sui minority. In the village there are 1,112 people of employable age, 122 children in senior high school, 266 in junior high school, and 854 in elementary school. There is a total of 2,021 mu of agricultural land, about 0.95 mu per person, of which 0.43 mu comprises fields or paddies. The main natural resource is forested mountain slopes, with an average of 1.84 mu of woodland per person. There are also 3,015 mu of wild grassland, of which 2,604 mu is cultivatable. In recent years, the village has undergone a significant amount of development. The local elementary school, which covers grades one to six, has 1,260m 2 of buildings and 413 students. There is one public WC and one area for village activities which is 108m 2 . High quality resources that could be developed commercially include woodland, grassy slopes and caves.

2.3.5 Tingpai TP Xinyang village, Tingpai township