Chenxi County () is a

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Huaihua prefecture-level City. Located on the north of the province, it is adjacent to the north of the city proper of Huaihua. The county is bordered to the north by Yuanling County, to the east by Xupu County, to the south by

Zhongfang County Zhongfang County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua. Located on the west of the province, Zhongfang County is proximately to the city proper of Huaihua. The Yuan River ...

and

Hecheng District Hecheng District () is the only urban district of China, district of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. Located in central Huaihua, Hecheng District is bordered to the northwest by Mayang Miao Autonomous County, M ...

, to the west by Mayang and Luxi Counties. Chenxi County covers an area of . As of 2015, it had a registered population of 530,000 and a resident population of 461,400.about the population of Chenxi County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Chenxi County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年辰溪县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)
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The county has nine

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and 14 townships under its jurisdiction, and the

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is Chenyang ().the divisions of Chenxi County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Chenxi County on November 19, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意辰溪县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕52号)
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also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》

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History

During the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

, as part of the Third Front strategy, Chengxi developed into an industrial center. Many government offices and public services moved from Japanese occupied areas to Chengxi and the population increased from 5,000 to over 100,000. Japanese air raids caused hundreds of deaths and burned much of the old city. On 15 July 1996 the county was hit hard by floods.

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