Batang () is a rural town in Ningxiang City,

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 surrounded by Zifu on the west, Huilongpu Town and Baimaqiao Subdistrict on the north, Xiaduopu Town on the east, and Huaminglou Town on the south. As of the 2007 census it had a population of 70,000 and an area of .

Nantianping township Nantianping Township () is a rural township in Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. It is surrounded by Zifu on the west, Batang Town on the north, Donghutang Town on the southeast, and Xiaduopu Town on the northeast. it had ...

merged to Batang town on November 19, 2015.

Administrative division

The town is divided into 13 villages and one community: * Batang Community () * Yanjiang () * Le'an () * Jinzhou () * Weiwu () * Bao'an () * Jinhe () * Youmatian () * Fanrong () * Nantianping () * Nanfentang () * Yangxitang () * Hengtianwan () * Tingzhongxin ()

Geography

The Wu River (), a tributary of the

Wei River The Wei River () is a major river in west-central China's Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. It is the largest tributary of the Yellow River and very important in the early development of Chinese civilization. The source of the Wei River is close to ...

known as "Mother River" and a tributary of the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...

, flows through the town. The town has four reservoirs: Shiniu Reservoir (), Dongchong Reservoir (), Huaguang Reservoir () and Wenjiachong Reservoir ().

Economy

The region abounds with

manganese Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy use ...

Peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...

prunus mume ''Prunus mume'' is an East Asian and Southeast Asian tree species classified in the ''Armeniaca'' section of the genus ''Prunus'' subgenus ''Prunus''. Its common names include Chinese plum, Japanese plum, and Japanese apricot. The flower, long ...

and

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

are important to the economy.

Education

There is one

senior high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

located with the town limits: Ningxiang Second Senior High School ().

Culture

Huaguxi The flower-drum opera or Huaguxi () is a form of Chinese opera originating in Hunan province. Some other provinces, such as Hubei, Anhui, Henan, Shanxi, also have Huaguxi. It is known in China for its earthy quality, and is often referred to as t ...

is the most influence local theater.

Transport

The County Road X096 runs south to north through the town. The County Road X093 travels southeast to Huaminglou Town, intersecting Provincial Highway S208.

Attractions

On 16December 2011, local people discovered 128 bridges built during the reign of the

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, born Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1735 t ...

(r. 17351796).

References

External links

* {{Ningxiang Divisions of Hunan Divisions of Ningxiang

Ningxiang Ningxiang () is a county-level city and the 2nd most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha. The city is bordered to the north by Heshan District of ...