Shaoyang County () is a
county
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in the
Province
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of
Hunan
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, China, it is under the administration of
Shaoyang City. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north by
Dongkou County
Dongkou County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in west-central Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Longhui County, to the northwest by Xupu County and Hongj ...
, to the west by
Huitong and
Jingzhou Counties, to the southwest by
Tongdao County, to the southeast by
Chengbu County, to the east by
Wugang City. Shaoyang County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,048,235 and a permanent resident population of 957,800.
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and eight townships
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under its jurisdiction, the county seat
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is Fenghuang Community
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Administrative divisions
;12 towns
* Baicang ()
* Changyangpu ()
* Guzhou ()
* Huangtingshi ()
* Jinchengshi ()
* Jiugongqiao ()
* Lijiaping ()
* Tangdukou ()
* Tangtianshi ()
* Wufengpu ()
* Xiahuaqiao ()
* Yankoupu ()
;8 townships
* Caijiaqiao ()
* Changle
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()
* Hebo ()
* Huangjing ()
* Jinjiang ()
* Luocheng ()
* Xiaoxishi ()
* Zhujiating ()
Climate
Transportation
Shaoyang West railway station
Shaoyang (), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hunan ...
on the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway is located here.
References
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;Sources
www.xzqh.org
External links
County-level divisions of Hunan
Shaoyang
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