Linli () is a

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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. It is under the administration of the

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Changde Changde (; Traditional Chinese characters, traditional Chinese: 常德區 ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. Changde, known as "Wuling" in ancient times, is located on the west side of Do ...

. The county is located on the north in Hunan, the north-central part of Changde's administration. It borders to the north by Li County, to the east by

Jinshi City Jinshi City () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Jinshi is located on the north in Hunan Province and the central north in Changde, it borders to the northeast a ...

, to the south by

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangji ...

and

Dingcheng District Dingcheng District () is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd most populous district (after Heshan District) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Anxiang County, Jinshi City and L ...

, and to the west by

Shimen County Shimen County () is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and s ...

. It has an area of with a registered population of 505,609 and a permanent population of 400,839 (as of 2010 Census). It is divided into eight towns and two townships under its jurisdiction, and the

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is Anfu Subdistrict ().

Administrative divisions

Through the adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Linli County in 2015 and 2017, Linli County has seven towns, two townships and two sub-districts under its jurisdiction.湖南省民政厅湘民行发〔2017〕14号, se
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/ref>Township-level administrative divisions of Linli County: According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Linli County on November 23, 2015

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xinhuanet.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08)
/ref> They are: ;2 subdistricts * Anfu Subdistrict () *

Wangcheng Subdistrict, Linli County Wangcheng Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Linli County in Hunan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of c ...

() ;7

towns 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 ...

* Hekou, Linli () * Sheshiqiao () * Sixingang () * Taifu, Linli () * Tingxuandu () * Xin'an, Linli () * Xiumei () ;2

townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

* Fenghuo () * Kemushan ()

Climate

Transportation

The area is served by Linli railway station on the Shimen–Changsha railway.

References

County-level divisions of Hunan Changde {{Hunan-geo-stub