Qiancheng Town () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

and the

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in the middle western Hongjiang City,

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

, China. The town was reformed through the amalgamation of townships of ''Hongyan'' () and ''Tuxi'' (), towns of ''Shuangxi'' () and the former ''Qiancheng'', and ''Ganxiping Village'' () of the former ''Yanlong'' Township () on November 25, 2015. It has an area of with a population of 93,800 (as of 2015 end), its

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is at ''Gucheng Community'' ().the area and population of Qiancheng Town in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Hongjiang City on November 25, 2015, se
rednet.cn (Dec.4, 2015)
《湖南省民政厅关于同意洪江市及洪江管理区乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕76号)

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Hongjiang Towns of Huaihua County seats in Hunan {{Hunan-geo-stub

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