Longhui County () is a

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and the 6th most populous county-level division in the

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, China; it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the mid-eastern Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by

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and Xupu Counties, to the west by Dongkou County, to the south by Wugang City and

Shaoyang County Shaoyang County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Dongkou County, to the west by Huitong and Jingzho ...

, to the east by Xinshao County. Longhui County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,231,600 and a permanent resident population of 1,100,900. The county has 17

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and seven townships under its jurisdiction, the

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is Taohong Town ().
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also see The county was amongst the list of impoverished places of China, and finally got off the poverty list in the early 2000s.

Administrative divisions

;17 towns * Beishan () * Gaoping () * Hengbanqiao () * Hexiangqiao () * Jinshiqiao () * Liuduzhai () * Nanyuemiao () * Qijiang () * Sangesi () * Simenqian () * Tantou () * Taohong () * Xiaoshajiang () * Xiyangjiang () * Yankou () * Yatian () * Zhouwang () ;5 townships * Dashuitian () * Hetian () * Luohong () * Matangshan () * Yanggu'ao () ;2 ethnic townships * Yao Huxingshan () * Hui Shanjie ()

Administrative divisions

Climate

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