Jinshi () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...

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 t ...

, China, it is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Changde Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi City, Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent ...

. Jinshi is located on the north in

and the central north in Changde, it borders to the northeast and the northwest by Li County, the west by

Linli County Linli () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. The county is located on the north in Hunan, the north-central part of Changde's administration, it borders to the north by Li ...

, the south by

Dingcheng District Dingcheng District () is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd most populous district (after Heshan District) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Anxiang County, Jinshi City and L ...

, the east by

Anxiang County Anxiang County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. The county is located at one of the inflows of Dongting Lake, on the north in Hunan Province and the southeast in Chang ...

, The city has an area of with 239,744 of registered population (as of 2016). It is divided into four towns and five subdistricts under its jurisdiction. The government seat is

Xiangyangjie Xiangyangjie () is a Subdistricts of China, subdistrict and the seat of Jinshi City in Hunan, China. The subdistrict was formed in 1966,the history of Wuling Town, according to the ''Dictionary of Chinese Administrative Divisions'' (中国行-政区 ...

(). Jinshi was honored as the National Sanitary City.

Administrative divisions

according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jinshi City on November 23, 2015 Jinshi City has four towns and five subdistricts under its jurisdiction., also see or they are: ;4

towns 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 ...

* Xinzhou, Jinshi () * Maolihu () * Yaoshan, Jinshi () * Baiyi () ;5

Subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...

* Sanzhouyi () * Wangjiaqiao () *

() * Jinyuling () * Jiashan, Jinshi ()

References

External links

Government webportal of Jinshi
County-level divisions of Hunan Changde {{Hunan-geo-stub