Longshan 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 Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the western margin of the province and the north western Xiangxi, it is immediately adjacent to the borders of

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and

Hubei Province Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

. The county is bordered to the northeast by

Sangzhi County Sangzhi () is a county in Hunan, Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiajie. Located on the northern margin of Hunan, Sangzhi County is bordered to the east by Cili County, to the south by Yongdin ...

, to the east by

Yongshun County Yongshun County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the western part of Hunan and the northeastern Xiangxi, the county is bordered to the northeast by Sangzhi Coun ...

, to the southeast and the south by

Baojing County Baojing County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture. Located on the western margin of the province and the west central Xiangxi, it is immediately adjacent to the southeast of ...

, to the west by Youyang County of Chongqing,

Laifeng County Laifeng County () is a county of southwestern Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", re ...

and

Xuan'en County Xuan'en County () is a county of southwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the south. It is under the administration of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. A remarkable topographic feature fo ...

of Hubei. Longshan County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 601,000 and a resident population of 492,800.the population of Longshan County in 2015, according to the o
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, 5

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and 4 subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the

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is Min'an Subdistrict ().the divisions of Longshan County in 2015, according to the , also see o
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History

The 2014 Hunan military training incident occurred at a secondary school in Longshan County.

Administrative divisions

Longshan has 3

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, 11

, and 20

: *Subdistricts: **Min'an () **Huatang () **Xincheng () *Towns: **Shigao () ** Ciyantang () **Hongyanxi () **Xichehe () **Miao'ertan () **Longtou () ** Liye () **Zhaoshi () **Guitang () **Shipai () **Dianfang () *Townships: **Luota () **Xiluo () **Wantang () **Baiyang () **Xinglongjie () **Sanyuan () **Tongche () ** Da'an () **Shuitianba () **Wuya () **Mengbi () ** Maoping () **Tasha () **Neixi () **Jiashi () **Tasha () ** Nongche () **Laoxing () ** Jiaba () **Zanguo ()

Transportation

China National Highway 209 China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is 3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and en ...

Climate

References

External links

Official website of Longshan County Government
County-level divisions of Hunan Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture {{Hunan-geo-stub