Shuangjing Town () is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
of
Tongdao Dong Autonomous County in
Hunan
Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...
,
China
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. The town is located in the mid-eastern region of the county. It was reformed to merge ''Malong Township'' (), ''Chuansu Yao ethnic Township'' () and the former ''Shuangjing Town'' on November 25, 2015. It has an area of with a population of 48,000 (as of 2015 end). The
seat of local government
The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority".
In most countries, the nation's capital is also seat of its government, thus that ...
is at Zhaishang Village.()
[the area and population of Shuangjiang Town in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Tongdao County on November 25, 2015, se]
rednet.cn (Dec.4, 2015)
《湖南省民政厅关于同意通道县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕78号)
References
Tongdao
County seats in Hunan
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