Anhua County () is a
county
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in the
Province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
of
Hunan
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, Jiangx ...
, China, it is under the administration of
Yiyang Prefecture-level City.
Located in the north-central part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by
Dingcheng District of
Changde City and
Taoyuan County
Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, 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 Zhangjiang To ...
, to the east by
Taojiang and
Ningxiang Counties, to the south by
Lianyuan City and
Xinhua County
Xinhua County () is a county and the 4th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Loudi City.
Located along the middle reaches of the Zi River, it covers 3,635 square kilometers a ...
, to the west by
Xupu
Xupu County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City.
Located on the west central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Yuanling County, to the northeast by Anhua County, ...
and
Yuanling Counties. Anhua County covers ,
[the area of Anhua County, according to ]
about Anhua County
' as of 2013, it had a registered population of 1,029,000 and a permanent resident population of 912,100.
[the population of Anhua County in 2013, according t]
/ref> Anhua has 18 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 or ...
and 5 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat
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is Dongping ().
Anhua County is the source place of Anhua dark tea, which is a kind of dark tea; Anhua was an important nodal point of the Tea Horse Road
The Tea Horse Road or ''chamadao'' (), now generally referred to as the Ancient Tea Horse Road or ''chamagudao'' () was a network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in Southwest China. This was also a t ...
in ancient times. Anhua is both the southernmost and westernmost county-level division
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of Yiyang. Anhua and its neighborhood have a very distinct indigenous culture - Meishan culture, which has quite long history and profound religious content, influenced by mainstream Han-Chinese culture and also some neighbor cultures during its developing process.
Administrative divisions
According to the result on adjustment of township-level divisions of Anhua County on February 17, 2006, Anhua County has 18 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 or ...
and 5 townships under its jurisdiction.[the divisions of Anhua County in 2006, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Anhua County on February 17, 2006 - ]
xzqh.org (17-Feb-06)
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, also se
/ref> they are:
;18 towns
* Changtang, Anhua ()
* Dafu, Anhua (): Merging Dongshan Township (), Building town experimental zone of Xinqiao () and the former Dafu Town () on February 17, 2006.
* Dongping, Anhua (): Merging Muzi Township (), Yanglin Township () and the former Dongping Town () on February 17, 2006.
* Jiangnan, Anhua (): Merging Dongshi Township () and the former Jiangnan Town () on February 17, 2006.
* Kuixi, Anhua ()
* Le'an, Anhua ()
* Lengshi, Anhua
Lengshi Town () is an urban town in Anhua County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative division
The town is divided into 20 villages and 2 communities
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commona ...
()
* Malu, Anhua (): Merging Cangchang Township () and the former Malu Town () on February 17, 2006.
* Meicheng, Anhua (): Merging Lilin Township () and the former Meicheng Town () on February 17, 2006.
* Pingkou, Anhua ()
* Qingtangpu, Anhua ()
* Qujiang, Anhua ()
* Taoxi, Anhua
Taoxi Town () is an urban town in Anhua County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative division
The town is divided into 12 villages and 2 communities
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonali ...
()
* Xianxi, Anhua ()
* Xiaoyan, Anhua
Xiaoyan Town () is an urban town in Anhua County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.
Administrative division
The town is divided into 18 villages and 3 communities
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commo ...
()
* Yangjiaotang ()
* Yanxi, Anhua ()
* Zhexi, Anhua ()
;5 townships
* Gaoming, Anhua ()
* Gulou, Anhua ()
* Longtang, Anhua ()
* Nanjin, Anhua ()
* Tianzhuang, Anhua ()
Climate
References
www.xzqh.org
External links
{{Authority control
County-level divisions of Hunan
Geography of Yiyang