Yanfeng District () is an urban

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of Hengyang City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the middle south of the city proper and on the western bank of the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Dongting Lake, Lake Dongting Drainage basin, drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan, Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River (Sichuan), Min River ...

, it is bordered by

Zhuhui District Zhuhui District () is an urban district of Hengyang City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the east of the city proper and on the east shore of Xiang River, it is bordered by Shigu District to the northwest, Yanfeng District to t ...

to the east,

Hengnan County Hengnan County () is a county located in the south of Hengyang prefecture-level city, Hunan province, China. It was established in 1952 and named after the ''south of Mount Heng''. The county has an area of with a population of 1,069,800 (as of ...

to the south,

Zhengxiang District Zhengxiang District () is an urban district of Hengyang City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the west of the city proper, Zheng River flows from the west to the east. It is bordered by Shigu District to the northeast, Yanfeng D ...

to the west,

Shigu District Shigu District () is an urban district of Hengyang City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the middle north of the city proper, it is bordered by Zhuhui District to the east, Yanfeng District to the south, Zhengxiang District to ...

to the north. Yanfeng District covers , as of 2015, it had a permanent resident population of 220,900 and a registered population of 193,700. The district has six subdistricts and a township under its jurisdiction., also see o
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History

According to legend, "wild geese fly from north to south, stop in the Mount Huiyanfeng () to rest", the district was named after the mountain. The district of Yanfeng is historically a part of

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 ...

. On Jan 1 1942, the provincial city of Hengyang was separated from the urban area and region around the county seat of Hengyang County. The district of Yanfeng was established on April 4, 2001. In the adjustment of urban subdivisions in Hengyang, Yanfeng District administers five subdistricts of ''Yanfeng'' (), ''Baishazhou'' (), ''Huangchaling'' (), ''Tianmashan'' () and ''Xianfenglu'' () in the former ''Chengnan District'' (), ''Xiangjiang Township'' (湘江乡; of which, Yangliu Village was transferred to

) and ''Yuepin Township'' (岳屏乡; of which, three villages of Lianhe, Yuepin and Beitang were transferred to

) in the former ''Jiaoqu'' (Suburb District) (), and ''Wenchang Township'' () of

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Administrative divisions

;6 subdistricts *

Baishazhou Baishazhou () is a subdistrict of Wangcheng District, Changsha, Hunan. It is located on the western bank of the Xiang River. The subdistrict is bordered by Dazehu subdistrict to the south, Jinshanqiao subdistricts to the west, Wushan Subdist ...

() * Huangchaling () * Jinlongping () * Tianmashan () * Xianfeng () * Yanfeng () ;1 town * Yueping ()

References

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