Huayuan County () is a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
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 to ...
, China, it is under the administration of
Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture.
Located on the western margin of the province and the south western Xiangxi, it is immediately adjacent to the borders of
Guizhou Province and
Chongqing Municipality. The county is bordered to the north and the northeast by
Baojing County
Baojing County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture.
Located on the western margin of the province and the west central Xiangxi, it is immediately adjacent to the southeast of ...
, to the southeast by
Jishou City, to the south by
Fenghuang County, to the west by
Songtao County
Songtao Miao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county in the northeast of Guizhou province, China, bordering Chongqing to the north and Hunan province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tongren
Tongre ...
of Guizhou and
Xiushan County of Chongqing. Huayuan County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 312,800 and a resident population of 300,800.
[the population of Huayuan County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Huayuan County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年花垣县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)]
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Origin and use
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and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, 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 ...
is Huayuan Town Huayuan Town () is a town and the county seat of Huayuan County in Hunan, China.
The town is located in the northeast of the county, it is bordered by ''Changle Township'' () to the west and Baojing County
Baojing County () is a county of Hunan ...
().[the divisions of Huayuan County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Huayuan County on November 30, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意花垣县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕116号)]
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also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》
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Climate
See also
*Paibi
Paibi (), a village in Paibi Township (), Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Hunan, China, is the location of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which marks the boundary between the third and Furongia ...
References
www.xzqh.org
External links
County-level divisions of Hunan
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
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