Dongkou County () is a

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in the

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, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in west-central Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by

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, to the northwest by

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and Hongjiang City, to the southwest by Suining County, to the southeast by

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. 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)
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The county has 11

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, nine

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and three

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under its jurisdiction, the

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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
/ref>more about the subdivisions of Dongkou County, also see the History of Dongkou County

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Administrative divisions

;3 subdistricts *

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() *

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() ;11 towns * Gaosha () * Huayuan () * Huangqiao () *

Jiangkou Jiangkou County () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Tongren Tongren () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural ...

() * Liaotian () *

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() * Yanqian () * Yulan () * Zhushi () ;6 townships * Gulou () * Shizhu () * Tongshan () * Yanglin () * Yuexi () * Zhaping () ;3 Yao ethnic townships *

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Climate

References

Transportation

Dongkou railway station on the

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is located here.

External links

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