Shaodong () is a

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in the

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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, Jiangxi ...

, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the central Hunan, the city is bordered to the northeast by

Shuangfeng County Shuangfeng County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City. Located on the east central part of the province, it is adjacent to the southeast of the city proper of Loudi. The county ...

, to the northwest by

Xinshao County Xinshao County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Lianyuan City, Lengshuijiang City and Xinhua County, to the west by ...

, to the east by Shuangqing, Beihu and

Beita District Beita District () is one of three urban districts in Shaoyang City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the northwest of the city proper and on the west shore of Zi River, it is bordered by Xinshao County to the north, Shuangqing ...

s of Shaoyang, to the south by

Qidong County Qidong County () is a county and the 8th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. The county was formed from the eastern part of Qiyang County in Apri ...

, to the southeast by

Hengyang County Hengyang County () is a county and the 5th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. Located in the north of Hengyang City and the south east of Hunan p ...

. Shaodong County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,335,900 and a permanent resident population of 928,000. The county has three subdistricts, 18

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and four

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under its jurisdiction, the

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Dahetang Subdistrict Dahetang () is a subdistrict and the seat of Shaodong County in Hunan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populou ...

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Administrative divisions

;3 subdistricts * Dahetang () * Liangshitang () * Songjiaping () ;18 towns *

Heitianpu Heitianpu () is a Towns of China, town in Shaodong, Hunan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 45,852 and an area of . It borders Chenjiafang Town and Taizhimiao Township of Xinshao County in the north, Lianqiao Town in the east, Hu ...

() *

Huochangping Huochangping () is a town in Shaodong, Hunan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 44,522 and an area of . The town is bordered to the north by the towns of Shashi and Liuguangling, to the east by the towns of Yangqiao and Shetianqi ...

() * Huochaqiao () *

Jianjialong Jianjialong () is a town in Shaodong, Hunan, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 40,337 and an area of . The town is bordered to the north by Huochangping Town, to the east by Yejiping Town, to the south by Qidong County, and to th ...

() * Jieling () * Jiulongling () * Lianqiao () *

Lingguandian Lingguandian Town () is a town located in the southern part of the Shaodong County, Hunan Province. Its name in Chinese means Temple of Spiritual Officer in Daoism. It is away from the county seat, with an area of and a total population of 94,60 ...

() * Liuguangling () * Liuze () * Niumasi () *

Shashi Shashi may refer to: Places and jurisdictions China * Shashi City (), Hubei from 1949 to 1994 *Shashi District (), Jingzhou, Hubei (historically, Shashi City) since 1994 ** Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi ** Jingmen–Shashi railway, single-trac ...

() * Shetianqiao () * Shuidongjiang () *

Tuanshan Chinese culture Chinese inventions Fashion accessories Hand tools Chinese traditional clothing (), also called (), (), ''fan of reunion'', are typically silk rigid hand fan which originated in China; they are typically circular or oval i ...

() * Weijiaqiao () * Yangqiao () * Yejiping () ;4 townships * Baomianqian () * Shuangfeng () * Zhouguanqiao () * Zhuoshicao ()

Climate

Transportation

Shandong railway station on the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway and the Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway is located here.

References

www.xzqh.org

External links

County-level divisions of Hunan Shaoyang {{Hunan-geo-stub