Guyang Town () is a

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 ...

and the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...

Guzhang County Guzhang County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. The county is the 2nd least populous administrative unit of the counties or county-level cities (after Shaoshan City) in the province, it is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous ...

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 ...

, China. The town is located in the middle region of the county, it was reformed to merge ''Hepeng'' Township (), ''Shuangxi'' Township (), '' Luoyixi'' Township () and the former ''Guyang Town'' on November 30, 2015, it has an area of with a population of 56,500 (as of 2015 end). Its

seat of local government The seat of government is (as defined by ''Brewer's Politics'') "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority". In most countries, the nation’s capital is also seat of its government, thus that ...

is at Xiaoguzhangping () of Hongxin Community ().the area and population of Guzhang Town in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Guzhang County on November 30, 2015, se
rednet.cn (Dec.4, 2015)
《湖南省民政厅关于同意古丈县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕115号)

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Guzhang County seats in Hunan Towns of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture {{Hunan-geo-stub

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