Hengdong County () is a

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located in the east of Hengyang prefecture-level city,

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, China. It was established from the eastern part of

Hengshan County Hengshan County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China and it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. Located in the north of Hengyang and the east-central part of Hunan province, the county is bordered to the north ...

in 1966 and named after the ''east of Mount Heng''. The county has an area of with a population of 746,300 (as of 2015). The county of Hengdong has two townships and 15 towns under its jurisdiction, its seat is

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().the divisions and population in 2015, According to the ''Official Reply of Hunan Provincial Civil Affairs Department on Approving Township-level Division Adjustment Programmes of Hengdong County'' (on November 18, 2015) / ''湖南省民政厅关于同意衡东县乡镇区划调整方案的批复'' （湘民行发〔2015〕32号）, se
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Geography

Hengdong County is located in the south of Hunan Province, between the Hengyang Basin and the Yanqi Basin in the middle reaches of the

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. It borders

You County You County () is a county in Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of Zhuzhou City. Located on the south eastern margin of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Xiangdong District, Pingxiang City of Jiangxi, Lil ...

to the east, the counties of Anren and Hengnan to the south, counties of Hengshan and Hengnan to the west, and counties of

Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, a ...

and

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou (, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the " Greater Chan ...

to the north. Hengdong is named after its location that the county is located in the east of Mount Heng. The county covers an area of , the longest distance is from north to south and from west to east.

Subdivision

;15 towns * Bailian () * Caoshi () * Dapu () * Ganxi () *

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() * Mishui () * Pengyuan () * Rongheng () * Sanzhang () * Shiwan () * Wuji () * Xialiu () * Xintang () * Yanglin () * Yangqiao () ;2 townships *

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() * Shitan ()

Climate

External links

Official Website (Chinese / 中文)

References

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