Li County, or Lixian () 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 the

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Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent to Dongt ...

. The County is located on the north in

, it borders to the north by Songzi City and Gong'an County of

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, the east by Anxiang County, the south by

Jinshi City Jinshi () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Jinshi is located on the north in Hunan Province and the central north in Changde, it borders to the northeast and th ...

and Linli County, the west by

Shimen County Shimen County () is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and s ...

, it has an area of with 919,500 of registered population (as of 2015), It is divided into 15 towns and four subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the

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is Liyang Subdistrict ().

Administrative divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Li County, Hunan on November 23, 2015, Li County has 15 towns and four subdistricts under its jurisdiction.Township-level administrative divisions of Li County: According to , also see or they are: ;15

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* Cennan () *

Chengtoushan Town Chengtoushan Town () is a town in Li County, Hunan Province, China. It was reformed on November 23, 2015., also see *, or * The town has an area of , as of 2015, it has a census registered population of 69,500. Chengtoushan Town is divided into ...

() * Dayandang () * Fuxing, Li County () * Ganxitan () * Guanyuan, Li County () * Huolianpo () * Jinluo, Li County () * Linan, Li County () * Matoupu, Li County () * Mengxi, Li County () * Rudong, Li County () * Wangjiachang () * Xiaodukou () * Yanjing, Li County () ;4 Subdistricts * Lidan Subdistrict, () * Lipu, Li County () * Lixi, Li County () * Liyang Subdistrict ()

Famous Sights

Chengtoushan Site (): Chengtoushan is an prehistoric site which located in the village of Lanyue in the township of Chexi. This site is situated on a small plateau-like feature in the landscape, two or three meters above the surrounding area. The local villagers call it Pingtoushan("Flat Top Hill"). It has also been known for generations as the location of an ancient walled site.

Special Status

Lixian is the seat of an

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in the consideration of the

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; this status is unrecognised in the organisational structure of Sinican Catholicism promulgated by the

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Climate

Notes and references

{{authority control Changde County-level divisions of Hunan