Anxiang County () is a

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...

, China, it is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi City, Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent ...

. The county is located at one of the inflows of

Dongting Lake Dongting Lake () is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, so its volume depends on the season. The provinces of Hubei and Hunan are named after their location relative to the lak ...

, on the north in

and the southeast in Changde City, and it borders in the north to

Gong'an County Gong'an County () is a county in southern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou City. History During the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, Gong'an County was k ...

, in the west to Li County,

Jinshi City Jinshi () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Jinshi is located on the north in Hunan Province and the central north in Changde, it borders to the northeast and th ...

and

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 ...

, the south by

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, the east by Shishou City. The county has an area of with 602,299 of registered population and 525,619 of permanent resident population (as of 2010 census). It is divided into eight towns and four townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat is

Shenliu Shenliu Town () is a town and the county seat of Anxiang in Hunan, China. The town was reformed through the amalgamation of ''Chengguan Town'' () and ''Anyou Township'' () in September 2008. It took its name after the famous ''Shenliu Academy'' () ...

(). Anxiang was established as Zuotang County in 40 AD, gaining its current name during the

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period.

Administrative divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Hanshou County on November 19, 2015 Hanshou County has eight towns and four townships under its jurisdiction.The township-level administrative divisions of Anxiang County: According to , also see or They are: ;8

Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

(), county seat * Huangshantou () * Xiayukou () * Guandang, Shayang () * Sanchahe () * Dajinggang () * Dahukou () * Chenjiazui () ;4

Townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

* Anzhang () * Anquan () * Ankang, Anxiang () * Anfeng, Anxiang ()

Climate

Famous residents

Fan Zhongyan Fan Zhongyan (5 September 989 – 19 June 1052) from Wu County of Suzhou (Jiangsu Province, China), courtesy name Xiwen (), ratified as the Duke of Wenzheng () posthumously, and conferred as Duke of Chu () posthumously, was a Chinese poet, po ...

(989 – 1052), writer * Yin Keng ( 阴铿, 511－563), writer

References

External links

County-level divisions of Hunan Changde {{Hunan-geo-stub