Qidong County () is a

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and the 8th most populous county-level division in the

Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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 to ...

, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. The county was formed from the eastern part of Qiyang County in April 1952 and was named after the ''east of

Qiyang Qiyang () is a county-level city of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Located on the south central part of the province, it is adjacent to the city proper of Yongzhou. The county is b ...

''. Qidong County covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of .the population of Qidong County in 2015: according to The county has four

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, 17

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and three

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under its jurisdiction, the

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is Hongqiao Subdistrict ().According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Qidong County on November 10, 2014:
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Geography

Located in the central south of Hunan Province, the county is bordered to the north by

Hengyang Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, whom 1,290,715 ...

and Shaodong Counties, to the west by

Shaoyang Shaoyang (), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Huna ...

and Dong'an Counties, to the south by

Lengshuitan District Lengshuitan District () is one of two urban districts of Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, China. It is located on the north of the city proper, and lies to the eastern border of Guangxi. The district is bordered to the northwest and the north ...

Yongzhou Yongzhou, formerly known as Lingling, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and b ...

Qiyang County Qiyang () is a county-level city of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Located on the south central part of the province, it is adjacent to the city proper of Yongzhou. The county is b ...

, to the east by

Changning City () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level City. Located on the south-central part of the province, the city is bordered to the north by Qidong and Hengnan Counties, to the east b ...

and

Hengnan County Hengnan County () is a county located in the south of Hengyang prefecture-level city, Hunan province, China. It was established in 1952 and named after the ''south of Mount Heng''. The county has an area of with a population of 1,069,800 (as of ...

. Qidong means the ''east of Qiyang County'', the county was named after its location. It lies in the southwest of Hengyang and the northern bank of the middle reaches of the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...

. It is long and narrow from east to west, with higher altitudes in the north and low in the south. The terrain is tilted northwest to southeast, with the ''Siming Mountains'' encroaching on the west, and the ''Qishan Mountains'' stretching on the southwest, the generalized ''Dayun Mountains'' runs through the northeastern portion with the

at its feet. The Xiang-Gui railway, Xiang-Gui High-speed Railway, G322 National Highway, G72 Quannan Expressway, Hunan

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S210 and S317 have passed through its territory. The county is known as the ''Gorgeous Throat of Xiang-Gui''.

Climate

Subdivisions

;4 subdistricts * Baihe () * Hongqiao () * Yongchang () * Yuhe () ;3 townships * Chenglian () * Fengdiping () * Maduqiao () ;17 towns * Baidishi () * Buyunqiao () * Diaojiang () * Fengshiyan () * Guanjiazui () *

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, ...

() * Guoshuiping () *

Hezhou Hezhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Geography and climate Hezhou is located in northeastern Guangxi. It borders Hunan to the north and Guangdong to the east. ...

() * Huangtupu () * Jiangjia () *

Jinqiao Jinqiao () is a town of Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is in the middle of Pudong, with Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park on its south, Huangpu River at its north, overlooking Lujiazui Financial and Trade Center to its west. On its north side, is Waigaoqiao ...

() * Liangshi () *

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() * Shitingzi () * Shuangqiao () * Taihetang () * Zhuantang ()

Economy

According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the

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of Qidong County in 2017 was 29,636 million yuan (4,389 million US dollars), up by 8.9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 6,840 million yuan (1,013 million

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), up by 3.2 percent, that of the secondary industry was 9,908 million yuan (1,467 million US dollars), up by 7.5 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 12,889 million yuan (1,909 million US dollars), up by 13.5 percent. The

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of the primary industry accounted for 23.08 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 33.43 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 43.49 percent. The per capita GDP in 2017 was 29,827 yuan (4,418 US dollars).according to the ''Statistical Communiqué of Qidong County on the 2016 National Economic and Social Development'' / 祁东县2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 se
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External links

Official Website

Qidong News

References

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