Guidong County () is a

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province to the east. It is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southeastern margin of the province, it is the easternmost

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of Chenzhou City. The county is bordered to the north by Yanling County, to the west by Zixing City, to the south by

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. Guidong County covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a permanent resident population of 232,700.about the population of Guidong County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Guidong County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年桂东县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)
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and four

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under its jurisdiction, and the

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is Oujiang ().the divisions of Guidong County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Guidong County on November 27, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意桂东县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕101号)
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Administrative divisions

;7 towns * Datang () * Oujiang () * Pule () * Qingquan () * Shatian () * Sidu () * Zhaiqian () ;4 townships * Dongluo () * Qiaotou () * Qingshan () * Xinfang ()

Climate

Guidong County belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, no summer heat, no winter cold, warm and humid, four seasons. In spring, the southeast wind into the cold and warm air masses fronts in the territory of the confrontation hovering, insufficient light, cloudy temperature and rain. In summer, controlled by the low latitude ocean warm and humid air masses, high temperature and rainy, prevailing south wind. However, the territory is high in altitude, mountainous, and has good vegetation, so the summer dollar heat. Under the influence of typhoons, there are sometimes torrential rains. In autumn, the cold air invasion, the temperature drops, cold air activity is frequent, less rain, often high autumn weather. Occasionally, it is affected by typhoons and there are heavy rainfalls from time to time. In winter, under the control of dry and cold air masses from the north, there are often cold currents intruding from Siberia and the Mongolian Plateau, but because of the high mountains, the terrain is tilted to the south, and thus the winter is not too cold.

References

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External links

County-level divisions of Hunan Geography of Chenzhou {{Hunan-geo-stub