Lianyuan () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

and the 7th most populous county-level division in

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 Loudi prefecture-level City. Located on the geographical centre of Hunan, the city is bordered to the north by

Anhua Anhua County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yiyang Prefecture-level City. Located in the north-central part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Dingcheng District of Chang ...

and Ningxiang Counties, to the east by

Louxing District Louxing District () is the only urban district and the seat of Loudi Prefecturel-level City, Hunan Province, China. Located in northeastern part of Loudi, it is in the place across three prefecturel-level cities of Loudi, Changsha and Xiangtan, ...

, to the south by Shuangfeng,

Shaodong Shaodong () is a county-level city in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the central Hunan, the city is bordered to the northeast by Shuangfeng County, to the northwest by Xinshao County, ...

and Xinshao Counties, to the west by Lengshuijiang City and

Xinhua County Xinhua County () is a county and the 4th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Loudi City. Located along the middle reaches of the Zi River, it covers 3,635 square kilometers a ...

. Lianyuan City covers . As of the 2010 census, it has a registered population of 1,162,928 and a resident population of 995,712.the population of Lianyuan City in 2010 census: according to the Communiqué on 2010 Census of Lianyuan City, se
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, 16

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s and two

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s under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Lantian Subdistrict ().the divisions of Lianyuan City (in 2008): according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Lianyuan city in 2008, se
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History

Dividing parts of four counties of

Xiangxiang Xiangxiang () is a county-level city under the administration of Xiangtan, Hunan province, China. Located on Central Hunan and the west of Xiangtan, Xiangxiang is bordered by Ningxiang County and Shaoshan City to the north, Xiangtan County to the ...

Xinhua Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: )J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English, or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua ...

and

Shaoyang Shaoyang (), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hu ...

, ''Lianyuan County'' was created in February 1952 and named after the place where it is located in the ''origin of the Lian River''. The ''county-level city of Loudi'' (modern

) was formed by seven communes from ''Lianyuan County'' (the modern Lianyuan City) in January 1961. The ''county of Lianyuan'' was reorganized as the ''city of Lianyuan'' in 1987. Shuidongdi Town was transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. The city of Lianyuan covers an area of with a population of 894,000 (as of 2017). It has 16 towns, two townships and a subdistrict under jurisdiction.湖南省民政厅湘民行发〔2017〕2号 se
mzt.hunan.gov (2018-02-13)

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Subdivisions

Shuidongdi Town from Lianyuan was transferred to

on January 24, 2017. The city of Lianyuan has two townships, 16 towns and a subdistrict under jurisdiction.

Sites of interest

There is a twenty years old noodle restaurant in Lanxi Bridge.

Transportation

China National Highway 207 China National Highway 207 (G207) runs from Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia to Hai'an, Guangdong. It is in length and runs south from Xilinhot through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, and ends in Guangdong. Route and distan ...

Climate

References

External links

Official website of Lianyuan Government
Cities in Hunan County-level divisions of Hunan Loudi {{Hunan-geo-stub