Shaodong () is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
in the
Province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
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, it is under the administration of
Shaoyang City. Located in the central Hunan, the city is bordered to the northeast by
Shuangfeng County
Shuangfeng County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City.
Located on the east central part of the province, it is adjacent to the southeast of the city proper of Loudi. The county i ...
, to the northwest by
Xinshao County, to the east by
Shuangqing,
Beihu and
Beita Districts of Shaoyang, 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 ...
, to the southeast by
Hengyang County
Hengyang County () is a counties of China, county and the List of County-level divisions of Hunan by population, 5th most populous county-level division in the Provinces of China, Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyan ...
. Shaodong County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,335,900 and a permanent resident population of 928,000.
The county has three subdistricts, 18
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and four
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
under its jurisdiction, the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...
is
Dahetang Subdistrict ().
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Administrative divisions
;3 subdistricts
* Dahetang ()
* Liangshitang ()
* Songjiaping ()
;18 towns
* Heitianpu ()
* Huochangping ()
* Huochaqiao ()
* Jianjialong ()
* Jieling ()
* Jiulongling ()
* Lianqiao ()
* Lingguandian ()
* Liuguangling ()
* Liuze ()
* Niumasi ()
* Shashi ()
* Shetianqiao ()
* Shuidongjiang ()
* Tuanshan ()
* Weijiaqiao ()
* Yangqiao ()
* Yejiping ()
;4 townships
* Baomianqian ()
* Shuangfeng ()
* Zhouguanqiao ()
* Zhuoshicao ()
Climate
Transportation
Shandong railway station
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civiliza ...
on the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway
The Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway is a railway line
Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of ...
and the Luoyang–Zhanjiang railway is located here.
References
www.xzqh.org
External links
County-level divisions of Hunan
Shaoyang
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