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Jintian, Guangxi

Coordinates: 23°35′15″N 110°6′58″E / 23.58750°N 110.11611°E / 23.58750; 110.11611
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Jintian
金田镇
Jintian is located in Guangxi
Jintian
Jintian
Location in Guangxi
Jintian is located in China
Jintian
Jintian
Jintian (China)
Coordinates: 23°35′15″N 110°6′58″E / 23.58750°N 110.11611°E / 23.58750; 110.11611
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous RegionGuangxi
Population
 • Total
9,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
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Jintian (Chinese: 金田镇) is a town in Guiping, Guangxi. It currently has a population of around 9,000. It was the location of the 1851 Jintian uprising, the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion.[1] Jintian is also the name of one of the villages within Jintian Town. The township has a large population of Hakka people.

References

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  1. ^ Porter, Jonathan. Imperial China, 1350–1900. p. 324.