Lanshan County () is a

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Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northern border of

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. Lanshan covers . In 2015, it had a registered population of 400,200 and a permanent resident population of 339,100.the population of Lanshan County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Lanshan County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年蓝山县国民经济和社会发展统计公报):
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and six

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s of

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under its jurisdiction. The

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and the largest town is Tafeng ().the divisions of Lanshan County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Lanshan County on November 18, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意蓝山县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕26号)
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Geography and climate

Lanshan is a mountainous county located in the east of Jiuyi Mountains on the northern side of the middle Nanling Range. The county is bordered to the southwest by

Jianghua County Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located ...

, to the northwest by

Ningyuan County Ningyuan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. also see Located on the southern part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Qiyang County, to the north ...

, to the northeast by Jiahe County, to the east by Linwu County, to the southeast by Lianzhou City of Guangdong. It covers , the county is north to south with west to east. Lanshan has a

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with an annual average temperature of , annual rainfall of . There are 69 rivers with drainage area of more than 10 square kilometers or length of more than 5 kilometers, most rivers belong to the

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system, less to the

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system.地理位置
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Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tribut ...

, originating from ''Yegou Mountain'' () in ''Zhulin Village'' () of Xiangjiangyuan Town.湘江源头在湖南蓝山, 湘江干流全长948公里, 流域面积94,721平方公里 - The source stream of the Xiang is in Lanshan, the main river of the Xiang has length of with a

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area of rough
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Administrative divisions

;8 towns * Citangxu () * Maojun () * Nanshi () * Suocheng () * Tafeng () * Taipingxu () * Tushi () * Xinyu () ;6 Yao ethnic townships * Daqiao () * Huiyuan () * Jiangdong () * Jingzhu () * Litou () * Xiangjiangyuan ()

Transportation

The G55 Expressway runs through the middle land north to south, the G76 Expressway passes through the north of the county west to east, they meet at ''Citangyu Town'' () in the north. the two national expressways and the other three

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangx ...

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of S216, S322 and S324 form the main road network connecting the county.

References

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{{authority control County-level divisions of Hunan Yongzhou