Zhangjiang Town () was a historic
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and the former
seat
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Taoyuan County
Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangji ...
in
Hunan
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,
China
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. The town was reformed through the amalgamation of ''Chehuyuan Township'' (), ''Shenshuigang Township'' () and the former ''Zhangjiang Town'' on November 20, 2015.
Zhangjiang was located in the west of the county, it was bordered by ''Fengshu Township'' () and ''Qinglin Township'' () to the north, ''Xujiaqiao Township'' () of
Dingcheng District
Dingcheng District () is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd most populous district (after Heshan District) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Anxiang County, Jinshi City and L ...
and ''Mutangyuan Township'' () to the east, ''Yaotianping Town'' () of
Dingcheng District
Dingcheng District () is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd most populous district (after Heshan District) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Anxiang County, Jinshi City and L ...
to the southeast, ''Taohuayuan Town'' (), ''Jianshi Town'' () and ''Niwotan Township'' () to the southwest, ''Sanyanggang Town'' () to the northwest. The town had an area of with a population of 153,200 (as of 2015), The town had 25 villages and 19 communities under its jurisdiction, its seat was at ''West Wuling Rd.'' ()
[about the present ''Zhangjiang Town'', according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Taoyuan County on November 20, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意桃源县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（湘民行发〔2015〕55号 / 2015年11月20日）. se]
rednet.cn (Dec-04-15)
/ref> It ceased to be a separate town and was divided into Zhangjiang Subdistrict and Xunyang Subdistrict in 2017.
History
Zhangjiang was an ancient town with a long history. It had always been the seat of Taoyuan County formed in 963 AD (Song dynasty
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). It was incorporated as a town in January 1941, it took its name after the ''Zhangjiang River'' (漳江), ''Zhangjiang Town'' was renamed to ''Chengguan Town'' in January 1951.[the history of Zhangjiang, according to ''About Zhangjiang Town / 漳江镇'', se]
xzqh.org (2013-08-22)
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''Chehuyuan Township'' () and ''Shenshuigang Township'' () were merged to it on November 20, 2015. it had an area of with a population of 153,200 (as of 2015), and it had 25 villages and 19 communities under its jurisdiction. In 2017, Zhangjiang Town was divided into two subdistricts of Zhangjiang and Xunyang.[湖南省民政厅 湘民行发〔2017〕13号, se]
mzt.hunan.gov (2018-02-13)
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Subdivisions
References
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Taoyuan County
Former township-level divisions of Hunan