Dahu Town () is a rural

town 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 ...

in Liuyang 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 ...

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. According to the 2015 census, it had a population of 27,100 and an area of . The town is bordered to the north by

Pingjiang County Pingjiang County () is a county in the northeast of Hunan province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Yueyang. The county is located on the eastern margin of the province, the Miluo River runs thr ...

, to the east by Daweishan Town, to the south by Guandu Town, and to the west by Yanxi Town

Administrative divisions

The town is divided into four villages and two communities: * Mazhou Community () * Changyi Community () * Jintian Village () * Xiangxing Village () * Shuxiang Village () * Shuhuaxin Village ()

Geography

The Daxi River () flows through the town. Banbei Reservoir () is the largest reservoir and largest water body in the town. There are a number of popular mountains located immediately adjacent to the townsite which include Mount Liuyang'ao (, ); Mount Lianyun (, ); Mount Huozi'ao (, ); and Mount Wangpojian (, ).

Economy

The town's main industries are agriculture, mining and fireworks.

Education

* Dahu Middle School

Transportation

The County Road X002 passes across the town west to east.

Religion

The

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() is a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

in the town. The Arhat Temple () is a

Buddhist temple A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism represen ...

in the town. The Ancestral Temple of Kong Family () is a famous scenic spot, it was originally built in 1586, during the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

(1368–1644).

Attractions

The Xiangxing Scenic Spot () is an AAA-level tourist attraction in the town.

References

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* * *2000 Census information from {{Hunan Liuyang divisions Divisions of Liuyang

Liuyang Liuyang () is a county-level city, the most populous and the easternmost county-level division of Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the provincial capital. Located on the northeaste ...