Jiahe County () is a

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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 Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southern part of the province and the west of Chenzhou, the county is bordered to the northwest by

Xintian County Xintian County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Located on the southern part of the province and the west of Yongzhou, the county is bordered to the north by Qiyang ...

, to the east and northeast by

Guiyang County Guiyang County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southern part of the province, it is adjacent to the east of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county is bo ...

, to the south by

Linwu County Linwu County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chenzhou. Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the southwest of the city proper in Chenzhou. The cou ...

, to the west by Lanshan and Ningyuan Counties. Jiahe County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 423,900 and a resident population of 317,300.about the population of Jiahe County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jiahe County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年嘉禾县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)
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and a

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under its jurisdiction, the

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Zhuquan Zhuquan Town () is a Towns of China, town and the county seat in the south western Jiahe County, Hunan, China. The town was reformed through the amalgamation of ''Panjiang Township'' () and 12 villages of the former ''Zhuquan Town'' on November 27, ...

().the divisions of Jiahe County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jiahe County on November 27, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意嘉禾县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕98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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Administrative divisions

;9 towns * Guangfa () * Jinping () * Longtan () * Shiqiao () * Tangcun () * Tanping () * Xinglang () * Yuanjia () *

() ;1 township * Puman ()

Climate

References

www.xzqh.org

External links

County-level divisions of Hunan Geography of Chenzhou {{Hunan-geo-stub