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天柱县位于贵州省东部，是川渝黔通两广、江浙的重要门户，素有“黔东第一关”、“中国重晶石之乡”、“贵州高原黄金城”之称。

Locatedeast of Guizhou, Tianzhu County is an important gateway from Sichuan,Chongqingand Guizhou to Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It has longbeen knownas the “FirstPass in East Guizhou”, the “home of Barite in China” andthe “Gold City on the Guizhou Plateau”.

天柱县总面积2201平方公里，辖16个乡镇，326个行政村，总人口41万余人，以侗、苗族为主的少数民族人口占98.3%。是贵州省少数民族比例最多的县份之一。

With atotal area of 2,201 square kilometers, Tianzhu County is composed of16townships and 326 administrative villages. Ethnic minorities,predominantlyDong and Miao, constitute 98.3% of the local population of morethan 410thousand. It is one of the counties with the highest concentration ofethnicminorities in Guizhou.

天柱蕴藏着丰富的自然资源。气候温和，土壤肥沃，是贵州重要粮食生产基地，享有“黔东粮仓”的美誉。当地年产烟叶2.6万担(一担=50公斤)，是中国烟叶主产区。这里林业资源丰富，森林面积达185万亩(一亩=1/15公顷)，覆盖率达56%，是贵州十大林业基地县之一。重晶石、黄金、煤等矿产资源也十分丰富。

Tianzhuboasts abundant natural resources. Endowed with moderate climate andfertilesoil, it is a major grain production base in Guizhou and is reputed asthe

“Breadbasket in EastGuizhou”. It isalso a major tobacco leaf producer inChina with an annual output of 26thousand dans (one dan=50 kilograms).Furthermore, the extensive forests in thecounty cover an area of 1.85 millionmus (one mu=1/15 hectare), 56% of thecounty’s total area. Besides being one ofthe ten largest county-level bases offorest resources in Guizhou, it alsoabounds in barite, gold, coal and othermineral resources.

天柱乘西部大开发的东风，迅速崛起。全县国民经济稳步发展，综合实力日益增长，人民生活水平在不断提高，产业结构调整日趋优化，基础设施建设得以加强，城镇面貌日新月异。“生态环境优美，文化教育优越，综合服务优化，人居条件优良，经济充满活力”的新天柱呈现在世人面前。

Benefitingfrom the country’s “go west” campaign, Tianzhu County has enteredinto a fast track ofdevelopment. Many encouraging changes in comprehensivestrengths have takenplace in Tianzhu: steady economic growth, improvement ofthe

people’slivelihood, adjustment and optimization of the industrial structure,as well asinfrastructure improvement. And today Tianzhu is presenting a newimagefeaturing a sound ecological environment, developed culture andeducation,improved

comprehensive services and habitat conditions, as well as a morevibranteconomy to the world.