Anfu Town () was a historic
town
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Origin and use
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and the former
county seat
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of
Linli in
Hunan
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,
China
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. It was originally the ''Chengguan Town'' () established in 1951, Chengguan Town was renamed to ''Anfu Town'' in 2004, and the town was reformed on November 23, 2015. The town had an area of with a population of 140,300 (as of 2015). Through the merging villages and communities in 2016, the town had 4 villages and 26 communities under its jurisdiction, its seat is ''Anfulu Community'' ().
[the administrative divisions of Linli County / (临澧县)行政区划, se]
linli.gov
/ref> It ceased to be a separate town and was divided into Anfu Subdistrict Anfu Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the county seat of Linli County in Changde, Hunan, China
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and Wangchenh Subdistrict in 2017.[湖南省民政厅 湘民行发〔2017〕14号, se]
mzt.hunan.gov (2018-02-13)
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/ref>
Subdivisions (2016 - 2017)
When the town was reformed in 2015, the town had 33 villages and 11 communities.[about Anfu Town, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Linli County on November 23, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意临澧县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（湘民行发〔2015〕63号 / 2015年11月23日）. se]
/ref> Through the amalgamation of the village-level divisions in 2016, the town were divided into 20 villages and 11 communities [the result on amalgamation of Village-level divisions in Linli County in 2016 / 临澧县全县建制村合并方案（2016年）, se]
linli.gov.cn (2016-05-27)
/ref> soon afterwards its divisions were adjusted to 4 villages and 26 communities.
Subdivisions in 2015
References
External links
Website (Chinese / 中文)
{{coord missing, Hunan
Linli County
Former township-level divisions of Hunan