Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are ...

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in the

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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, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located on the southernmost margin of the province, it lies to the west of the border with Guangxi, and the north of the border with

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. The county is bordered to the north by

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and Ningyuan Counties, to the northeast by

Lanshan County Lanshan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northern border of Guangdong. Lanshan covers . In 2015, i ...

, to the east by Lianzhou City, Liannan and Lianshan Counties of Guangdong, to the south by Babu and

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s of Hezhou City and

Zhongshan County Zhongshan County (; za, Cunghsanh Yen) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hezhou Hezhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous ...

of Guangxi, to the west by Fuchuan County of Guangxi and

Jiangyong County Jiangyong County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northea ...

. Jianghua County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 521,400 and a resident population of 429,100.the population of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jianghua County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年江华县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)
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and 7

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under its jurisdiction, the

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is Tuojiang ().the divisions of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jianghua County on November 19, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意江华瑶族自治县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕48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 * Baimangying () * Centianhe () * Dalupu () *

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() * Helukou () * Mashi () *

Shuikou Shuikou may refer to: *Shuikou, Meizhou, a town in Xingning City, Meizhou, Guangdong Province, China *Shuikou, Yanling, a town in Yanling County, Huzhou, Hunan Province, China * Shuikou, Gutian, a town in Gutian County, Ningde, Fujian Province, C ...

() * Taoyu () * Tuojiang () ;6 townships *

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() * Daxi () * Jiepai () * Qiaoshi () * Weizhukou () * Xiangjiang () ;1 ethnic township *

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()

Climate

References

www.xzqh.org

External links

County-level divisions of Hunan Yongzhou Yao autonomous counties {{Hunan-geo-stub