Jianjialong () is a

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 town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Shaodong Shaodong () is a county-level city in the Provinces of China, Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang, Shaoyang City. ShaoDong is located in the central part of Hunan Province, covering an area of 1,778 square kilomete ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 40,337 and an area of . The town is bordered to the north by Huochangping Town, to the east by Yejiping Town, to the south by

Qidong County Qidong County () is a county and the 8th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. The county was formed from the eastern part of Qiyang County in Apri ...

, and to the west by Shuangfeng Township.

History

On November 5, 2014, Jianjialong Township was upgraded to a town.

Administrative divisions

As of 2017, the town is divided into fifty villages.

Economy

The main cash crop is Chinese herbal medicine. The main crops are

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and

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Education

There are two middle schools, ten primary schools and three kindergartens in the town.

Tourism

Chengzhi House () is a famous scenic spot in Shaoyang. It was built in 1812 during the Jiaqing period of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

(1644–1911).

References

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