Linxiang () 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 ...

in Hunan province, China, it is under the administration of the

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Yueyang Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and Yangtze in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China. Yueyang has an administrative area of a ...

. Linxiang is located at the northeastern edge of Hunan province, on the southeastern (right) bank of the

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, which lies to the east of the city proper. Linxiang is bordered to the northwest and the north across the Yangtze by

Jianli County Jianli () is a county-level city of southern Hubei Province, China, located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River and bordering Hunan Province to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou City. The character ''jian'' (/) ...

and Honghu City of

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...

, to the east by

Chibi City Chibi most often refers to: * Chibi (style), a super-deformed style of Japanese-influenced caricature *Chibi, Hubei (赤壁 lit. Red Cliff), a county-level city in southeastern Hubei, China. Chibi may also refer to: Places * Chibi Subdistrict, H ...

, Chongyang and Tongcheng Counties of Hubei, to the south and southwest by

Yueyang County Yueyang County () is a county in Hunan province, China. It is under the administration of Yueyang City. The county is located on the northeastern margin of the province, the Xiang River runs through the west land of the county from south to eas ...

, to the west by

Yunxi District Yunxi District () is one of three urban districts in Yueyang City, Hunan province, China; it is also the 4th smallest district by population (after Wulingyuan. Nanyue and Beita Districts) in the province. The district is located in the east ...

. It covers an area of , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 537,500. o
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Chang'an Chang'an (; ) is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in the city's suburbs. Furthermore, in the northern vicinity of modern Xi'an, Qin S ...

().

Administrative divisions

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* Chang'an, Linxiang () * Taokuang () * Wulipai, Linxiang () 10

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

* Baiyangtian () * Changtang, Linxiang () * Huanggai () * Jiangnan, Linxiang () * Nieshi () * Tandu, Linxiang () * Taolin () * Yanglousi () * Zhanqiao () * Zhongfang, Linxiang ()

Climate

References

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County-level divisions of Hunan Yueyang Populated places on the Yangtze River Cities in Hunan {{Hunan-geo-stub