Xiangjiangyuan Yao Township () is an ethnic township of the

Yao people The Yao people () or Dao () is a classification for various ethnic minorities in China and Vietnam. Their majority branch is also known as Mien. They originated in the areas around Changsha, which today is the capital of Hunan province. They s ...

in Lanshan County,

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. It is the home of the

and is named after the source of the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the second-largest tributary (after the Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the fifth-largest ...

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/ref> The township covers an area of . At the end of 2015, it had 742 resident families with a population of 3,188; the Yao people account for 95 percent of the population. The township is divided into five villages and part of the Jingzhu Forest Farm (). The seat of the township is at the village of Tongcun ().

History

The Xiangjiangyuan Yao Township historically was named Ziliang Ethnic Township (), Qunfeng People's Commune (), Ziliang Yao People's Commune () and Ziliang Yao Township (). The historic Ziliang Ethnic Township was formed in April 1950. It was renamed Qunfeng People's Commune in 1958. The Ziliang Yao People's Commune was reformed in 1961. The people's commune was transformed into a township in 1982. The Ziliang was allowed to renamed Xiangjiangyuan on November 18, 2015. The Xiangjiangyuan Yao Township was officially established on December 30, 2016. o
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Geography

The Xiangjiangyuan is a mountainous township located in the southeastern margin of Lanshan. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Suocheng Town (), to the southeast by Daqiao Yao Township (), to the south by Jingzhu Yao Township (), to the west by Ningyuan County. The township is at 800 metres above sea level, the source of the

is at Yegou Mountain () in Zhulin Village (). It is also the location of the Xiangjiangyuan National Forest Park (), established by the State Forestry Administration in 2008.

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References

{{Reflist Townships of Hunan Lanshan County Yao ethnic townships