Beita District () is one of three urban
districts
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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
in
Shaoyang City,
Hunan province
Hunan is an inland province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chon ...
, China. The district is located in the northwest of the city proper and on the west shore of
Zi River
The Zi River (资水) in Hunan, China, flows into the Yangtze River
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau an ...
. It is bordered 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 north,
Shuangqing and
Daxiang Districts to the east, and
Shaoyang County to the south and the southwest. Beita District covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a permanent resident population of 135,300. The district has two subdistricts, two towns and a township under its jurisdiction. The government seat is
Ziyuan Community ().
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Administrative divisions
Beita has 4 subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, Ind ...
s and 1 township under its jurisdictions.
;4 subdistricts
* Xintanzhen Subdistrict ()
* Zhuangyuanzhou Subdistrict ()
* Tianjiang Subdistrict ()
* Chayuantou Subdistrict ()
;1 township
* Chenjiaqiao Township ()
References
www.xzqh.org
External links
County-level divisions of Hunan
Shaoyang
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