Shimen County () is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under 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 ...

. Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and southwest by Taoyuan, Zili and Sangzhi Counties, to the west by Hefeng County of

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, to the north by Wufeng County of Hubei, to the east by Songzi City of Hubei, Li and Linli Counties. Shimen is a mountainous county located on the Wuling Mountains, Mount Huping () which, at on the northwest of the county, is the highest point of Hunan. Shimen is also the home of the

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, the descendant of Chinese ancient Ba People, the

shares 50.9% of the population in the county. The county has an area of with 669,741 of registered population and 601,100 of permanent population (as of 2015). It is divided into 19 towns and townships, five units of State-owned farms (as of 2016).xzqh.org
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Administrative divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Shimen County in January 2016 and May 29, 2015, Shimen County has four subdistricts, 11 towns, six townships and management area of five state-owned farms under its jurisdiction.常德市人民政府《关于调整石门县部分行政区划的批复》(January, 2016), se

They are: ;4 subdistricts * Chujiang Town ( Chujiang and Yongxin subdistricts) * Erdu Township ( Erdu and Baofeng subdistricts) ;11 towns * Baiyun, Shimen () * Hupingshan () * Jiashan, Shimen () * Mengquan () * Moshi, Shimen () * Nanbei () * Taiping, Shimen () * Weixin, Shimen () * Xinguan, Shimen () * Yijiadu () * Zaoshi () ;6 townships * Luoping, Shimen () * Sansheng, Shimen () * Suojie () * Xinpu, Shimen () * Yanchi, Shimen () * Ziliang, Shimen () ;5 State-owned farms * Datongshan () * Dongshanfeng () * Longfengyuan () * Luopusi () * Xiupingyuan () ;Other unit * the Management Office of Jiashan mountain ()

Geography

The highest point in Shimen County is Huping Mountain, which is at above sea level.

Climate

References

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