Shaoyang County () is a

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under the administration of Shaoyang City in

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. 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 Hongji ...

, to the west by Huitong and Jingzhou Counties, to the southwest by

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, to the southeast by Chengbu County, and to the east by Wugang City. Shaoyang County covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,048,235 and a permanent resident population of 957,800. o
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and eight

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under its jurisdiction, and the

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Administrative divisions

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() * Huangjing () * Jinjiang () * Luocheng () * Xiaoxishi () * Zhujiating ()

Climate

Transportation

Shaoyang West railway station on the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway is located here.

References

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External links

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