Dongkou County () is a
county
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in the
Province
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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, Jiangxi to ...
, China, it is under the administration of
Shaoyang City. Located in west-central Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by
Longhui County, to the northwest by
Xupu County and
Hongjiang City, to the southwest by
Suining County, to the southeast by
Xinning County. Dongkou County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 870,900 and a permanent resident population of 784,500.
[the population of Dongkou County in 2015: according to the Statistical Communiqué of Dongkou County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development (洞口县2015年国民经济和社会发展统计公报)]
shaoyang.gov (25-Mar-16)
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The county has 11
towns
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Origin and use
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, nine
townships and three
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Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...
under its jurisdiction, the
county seat
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is
Wenchang Subdistrict ().
[the divisions of Dongkou County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Dongkou County on July 30, 2015]
shaoyang.gov (30-Jul-15): 洞口县撤销两乡镇分设三街道
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Administrative divisions
;3 subdistricts
* Huagu
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()
* Wenchang ()
* Xuefeng ()
;11 towns
* Gaosha ()
* Huayuan ()
* Huangqiao ()
* Jiangkou ()
* Liaotian ()
* Shanmen ()
* Shijiang ()
* Shuidong ()
* Yanqian ()
* Yulan ()
* Zhushi ()
;6 townships
* Gulou ()
* Shizhu ()
* Tongshan ()
* Yanglin ()
* Yuexi ()
* Zhaping ()
;3 Yao ethnic townships
* Changtang ()
* Dawu ()
* Luoxi ()
Climate
References
Transportation
Dongkou railway station on the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway
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is located here.
External links
County-level divisions of Hunan
Shaoyang
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