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Maoping, Hubei
Maoping () is a town in and the county seat of Zigui County, Yichang in the western part of Hubei province, China.Microsoft Encarta 2005 World atlas It is the county seat of Zigui County, and as such is labeled simply as "Zigui" () or "Zigui County" () on most less-detailed maps. Geography The town is located on the right (southern) bank of the Yangtze, just upstream of the Three Gorges Dam, and offers a good view of the upstream side of the dam, as well as of an accessory dam which blocks off a valley on the southern side of the river from being flooded by the reservoir. Administrative Divisions Four residential communities: * Binhu, Hubei, Binhu (), Xichu, Hubei, Xichu (), Jusong (), Danyang, Hubei, Danyang () Eighteen villages: * Jingangcheng (), Yinxingtuo (), Changling, Hubei, Changling (), Chenjiachong (), Jiuli, Hubei, Jiuli (), Yangguidian (), Chenjiaba (), Jiandong (), Xikouping (), Sixi (), Qiaojiaping (), Huaguoyuan (), Yueliangbao (), Luojia (), Songshu'ao (), Zhongba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese (traditional: ; ). The Constitution of the People's Republic of China classifies towns as third-level administrative units, along with for example townships (). A township is typically smaller in population and more remote than a town. Similarly to a higher-level administrative units, the borders of a town would typically include an urban core (a small town with the population on the order of 10,000 people), as well as rural area with some villages (, or ). Map representation A typical provincial map would merely show a town as a circle centered at its urban area and labeled with its name, while a more detailed one (e.g., a map of a single county-level division) would also show the borders dividing the county or county-level city into towns () and/or township () and subdistrict (街道) units. The town in which the county level government, and usually the division's mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |