Linwu 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 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' ...

Chenzhou Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total populatio ...

. Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the southwest of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county is bordered to the north by

Guiyang Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...

and Jiahe Counties, to the northeast by

Beihu District Beihu District () is one of two urban districts in Chenzhou Prefecture-level City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the southwestern part of the city proper. It is bordered to the northeast by Suxian District, to the southeast b ...

, to the east by

Yizhang County Yizhang County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chenzhou. Yizhang County covers . As of 2015, it had a registered population of 644,300 and a resident population of 589,400. o ...

, to the south by Lianzhou City of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, to the west 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 ...

. Linwu County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 397,200 and a resident population of 399,900. o
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and four

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under its jurisdiction, the

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Administrative divisions

;9 towns * Chujiang () * Fenshi () * Huaxiang () * Jinjiang () * Maishi () * Nanqiang () *

Shuidong Shuidong is a village of the town of Luohe (), Ju County, Rizhao, Shandong Province Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong ...

() * Shunfeng () * Wushui () ;3 townships * Huatang () * Wanshui () * Zhennan () ;1 ethnic township * Yao Xishan ()

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