Guiyang County Explained
Guiyang County |
Other Name: | Kweiyang |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 4244XX |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
Pushpin Label: | Guiyang |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Chenzhou |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 25.755°N 112.734°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Guiyang County is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the southern part of the province, it is adjacent to the east of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county is bordered to the north by Changning and Leiyang Cities, to the west by Xintian and Jiahe Counties, to the south by Linwu County, to the east by Suxian and Beihu Districts. Guiyang County covers 2958.3km2, as of 2015, It had a registered population of 904,400 and a resident population of 711,700.[1] The county has 17 towns, three subdistricts and two townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Longtan Subdistrict (Chinese: 龙潭街道).[2]
Administrative divisions
- 3 subdistricts
- Huangshaping (Chinese: 黄沙坪街道)
- Longtan (Chinese: 龙潭街道)
- Lufeng (Chinese: 鹿峰街道)
- 17 towns
- Aoquan (Chinese: 敖泉镇)
- Chonglingjiang (Chinese: 舂陵江镇)
- Fangyuan (Chinese: 方元镇)
- Haotang (Chinese: 浩塘镇)
- Heping (Chinese: 和平镇)
- Heye (Chinese: 荷叶镇)
- Leiping (Chinese: 雷坪镇)
- Liantang (Chinese: 莲塘镇)
- Liufeng (Chinese: 流峰镇)
- Ouyanghai (Chinese: 欧阳海镇)
- Renyi (Chinese: 仁义镇)
- Sili (Chinese: 四里镇)
- Taihe (Chinese: 太和镇)
- Tangshi (Chinese: 塘市镇)
- Yangshi (Chinese: 洋市镇)
- Zhangshi (Chinese: 樟市镇)
- Zhenghe (Chinese: 正和镇)
- 1 townships
- 1 ethnic township
- Yao Baishui (Chinese: 白水瑶族乡)
Notable people
- Liu Fangwu (1898–1994), a Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy, best known for his leadership in the Battle of Yenangyaung.
Notes and References
- about the population of Guiyang County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Guiyang County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年桂阳县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): tjj.czs.gov or hngy.gov
- the divisions of Guiyang County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Guiyang County on November 27, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意桂阳县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕95号): rednet.cn, also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com or xinhuanet.com