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When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese (traditional: ; zh, p=zhรจn , w=chen4). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as fourth-level administrative units, along with, for example, townships ( zh, s=ไนก , p=xiฤng). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similar to higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as a rural area with some villages ( zh, labels=no, s=ๆ , p=cลซn, or zh, labels=no, s=ๅบ , p=zhuฤng). Map representation A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of a single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city A county-level city () is a Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangxin County, Hubei
Yangxin County () is a county within the prefecture-level city of Huangshi in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The county is mostly rural but is more prosperous than its neighbor, Tongshan County. According to the Fifth Population Census of China (2000), the county's population was 949,102 giving it a population density of 341 people per square kilometer.Huangshi population statistics as reported by Huangshi Prefecture-Level City Government History Yangxin has seven sites and eight Shang-Zhou dynasties sites. In 201 BC, the county ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zigui County
Zigui County () is a county of western Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang and encompasses the easternmost portion of the Yangtze River Gorges, including the Xiling Gorge. The county seat of Zigui is now the town of Maoping (), situated a few kilometers west of the Three Gorges Dam on the high southern shore of the river. The original Zigui town was upstream to the west and was abandoned and submerged under the rising waters of the reservoir in the early years of the 21st century. As it is common in China, Maoping is typically labelled as "Zigui County" () or simply "Zigui" () on most maps. Administrative divisions Eight towns: * Maoping (), Guizhou (), (), Shazhenxi (), Lianghekou (), Guojiaba (), Yanglinqiao (), Jiuwanxi () Four townships: * Shuitianba Township (), Xietan Township (), Meijiahe Township (), Moping Township () Climate Tourism A good view of the Three Gorges Dam, and of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongshan County, Hubei
Tongshan () is a county of Xianning City, in the southeastern part of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the south. The county is located along Hubei's mountainous south-eastern border with Jiangxi. Its best known tourist attraction is the Jiugong Mountain National Park (), located in the Jiugong Range, south of Jiugongshan Town. The county is roughly coterminous with the upper part of the basin of the Fushui River, which flows eastward, into the neighboring Yangxin County, where it discharges into the Yangtze. A fairly large Fushui Reservoir (''Fushui Shuiku'') is formed on this river and its tributaries within Tongshan County by a dam that's actually built in Yangxin County, a bit downstream of the county line. The Fushui's tributaries also include a few minor reservoirs. The county seat is in the town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
