Linli () 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 the

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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 ...

. The county is located on the north in Hunan, the north-central part of Changde's administration, it borders to the north by Li County, the east by

Jinshi City Jinshi () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Jinshi is located on the north in Hunan Province and the central north in Changde, it borders to the northeast and th ...

, the south by

Taoyuan County Taoyuan County () is under the administration of Changde, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze, flows through Taoyuan. It covers an area of 4441 square kilometers, of which is arable land. It is from Zhangji ...

and

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 west by

Shimen County Shimen County () is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde. Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and so ...

, it has an area of with 505,609 of registered population and 400,839 of permanent population (as of 2010 Census). It is divided into eight towns and two townships under its jurisdiction, the

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is Anfu Subdistrict ().

Administrative divisions

Through the adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Linli County in 2015 and 2017, Linli County has seven towns, two townships and two sub-districts under its jurisdiction.湖南省民政厅湘民行发〔2017〕14号, se
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/ref>Township-level administrative divisions of Linli County: According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Linli County on November 23, 2015

also see ttp://hn.people.com.cn/n/2015/1208/c195194-27267598-4.html people.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08)o
xinhuanet.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08)
/ref> they are: ;2 subdistricts * Anfu Subdistrict () *

Wangcheng Subdistrict, Linli County Wangcheng Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Linli County in Hunan, China. The subdistrict was incorporated from a part of the former Anfu Town Anfu Town () was a historic town and the former county seat of Linli in Hunan, China. It was originall ...

() ;7

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 ...

* Hekou, Linli () * Sheshiqiao () * Sixingang () * Taifu, Linli () * Tingxuandu () * Xin'an, Linli () * Xiumei () ;2

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

* Fenghuo () * Kemushan ()

Climate

Transportation

The area is served by

Linli railway station Linli railway station () is a railway station in Linli County, Changde, Hunan, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Shimen–Changsha railway The Shimen–Changsha railway or Shichang railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in Hun ...

on the

Shimen–Changsha railway The Shimen–Changsha railway or Shichang railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in Hunan Province of southern China between Shimen and Changsha. The line was originally built from 1994 to 1998 as a single track railroad with a total ...

References

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