Shuangfeng County () 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 t ...

, 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 is bordered to the north and northeast by Xiangxiang City, to the southeast by

Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, ...

and Hengshan Counties, to the south 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 ...

, to the southwest by

Shaodong County Shaodong () is a county-level city in the Provinces of China, Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang, Shaoyang City. Located in the central Hunan, the city is bordered to the northeast by Shuangfeng County, to the nor ...

, to the northwest by Lianyuan City and

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, ...

. Shuangfeng County covers , as of the 2010 census, It had a registered population of 941,792 and a resident population of 854,555.the population of Shuangfeng County in 2010 census, according to the ''Major data communique on 2010 Census of Shuangfeng County'' - 《双峰县第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报》

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under its jurisdiction, the

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History

The county of Shuangfeng was formed from the south western portion of ''Xiangxiang County'' in January 1952, named after the ''Shuangfeng Mountain'' (). At its establishment, it was a county of ''Yiyang Prefecture'' (), it was transferred to ''Shaoyang Prefecture'' () in December 1952. ''Lianyuan Prefecture'' () was formed from a portion of ''Shaoyang Prefecture'' () in September 1977, it became a county of ''Lianyuan Prefecture''. The prefecture of Lianyuan was renamed to Loudi () in 1982, the prefecture of

Loudi Loudi () is a prefecture-level city located in central Hunan province, China. It is situated about southwest of the provincial capital of Changsha and is considered a small to medium size city within the province. According to the 2010 Census, ...

was reorganized as the prefecture-level city of Loudi (), the county of Shuangfeng is under the administration of Loudi City. the history of Shuangfeng, according to the ''Dictionary of Chinese Administrative Divisions'' (中国行-政区划大典) published by the ''People's Publishing House of Zhejiang'' (浙江人民出版社) Shexingshan Town was transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. The county of Shuangfeng covers an area of with a population of 894,000 (as of 2017). It has 12 towns and 3 townships under jurisdiction.湖南省民政厅湘民行发〔2017〕2号 se
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Climate

Subdivisions

Shexingshan Town was transferred to

on January 24, 2017. It has 12 towns and townships. ;12 towns * Gantang () * Heye () *

Hongshandian Hongshandian () is a town of Shuangfeng County in Hunan, China. It has an area of with a population of 49,000 (as of 2017). The town has 22 villages and 3 communities under its jurisdiction. History Two villages of Zimu () and Gutang () were tra ...

() * Huamen () * Jingzi () * Qingshuping () *

Santangpu Santangpu Town () is an urban town in Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative division The town is divided into 50 villages and 5 communities A community is a social unit (a group of living things) wit ...

() * Suoshi () * Xingzipu () * Yongfeng () * Zimenqiao () * Zoumajie () ;3 townships * Shatang () * Shiniu () *

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Education

* Shuangfeng County No. 1 High School

Tourism

Shuangfeng County is home to the

Former Residence of Zeng Guofan The Former Residence of Zeng Guofan or Zeng Guofan's Former Residence () was built in 1865. It is located in Heye Town, Shuangfeng County, Hunan, China. It includes the Banyue Pool (), gatehouse, main buildings, Qiuque Pavilion (), Guipu Pavilion ...

Notable people

Deng Qidong Deng Qidong (; January 1938 – 6 November 2018) was a Chinese geologist. Biography Deng was born in Shuangfeng County, Hunan in 1938. After graduating from the Central South University in 1961, he was assigned to the Institute of Geology, Chi ...

, geologist. *

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Jiang Wan Jiang Wan (180s - November or December 246), courtesy name Gongyan, was a regent and military general of the state of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Jiang Wan initially served as a scribe, c ...

, politician. *

Qiu Jin Qiu Jin (; 8 November 1875 – 15 July 1907) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Her courtesy names are Xuanqing () and Jingxiong (). Her sobriquet name is Jianhu Nüxia (). Qiu was executed after a failed uprising against the Qi ...

, revolutionist. *

Tang Qunying Tang Qunying (; 8 December 18713 June 1937) was the first female member of the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance), a secret society and underground resistance movement founded in Tokyo, Japan by Sun Yat-sen and Song Jiaoren in 1905. T ...

, revolutionist. *

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Xiang Jingyu Xiang Jingyu (, – , ''née'' Xiang Junxian), was one of the earliest female members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), widely regarded as a pioneer of the women's movement of China. Early life Xiang Jingyu was born in Xupu, Hunan provinc ...

, revolutionist. *

Zeng Guofan Zeng Guofan, Marquis Yiyong (; 26 November 1811 – 12 March 1872), birth name Zeng Zicheng, courtesy name Bohan, was a Chinese statesman and military general of the late Qing dynasty. He is best known for raising and organizing the Xiang A ...

, statesman, military general, and

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scholar of the late

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External links

Official website

References

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