Shimen County () is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under 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' ...

of Changde. Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and southwest by Taoyuan, Zili and Sangzhi Counties, to the west by Hefeng County of

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, to the north by Wufeng County of Hubei, to the east by Songzi City of Hubei, Li and Linli Counties. Shimen is a mountainous county located on the

Wuling Mountains The Wuling Mountains () are a mountain range located in Central China, running from Chongqing Municipality and East Guizhou to West Hunan. They are home to many ethnic groups, including as the Tujia, Han, Miao, Dong, and Bai. Wulingyuan ...

, Mount Huping () which, at on the northwest of the county, is the highest point of Hunan. Shimen is also the home of the Tujia people, the descendant of Chinese ancient

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, the Tujia people shares 50.9％ of the population in the county. The county has an area of with 669,741 of registered population and 601,100 of permanent population (as of 2015). It is divided into 19 towns and townships, five units of State-owned farms (as of 2016).xzqh.org
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Administrative divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Shimen County on January, 2016 and May 29, 2015, Shimen County has four subdistricts, 11 towns, six townships and management area of five state-owned farms under its jurisdiction.常德市人民政府《关于调整石门县部分行政区划的批复》(January, 2016), se

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Chujiang Town Chujiang Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the county seat of Shimen in Hunan, China. Chujiang Town is located in the south central Shimen County, it is bordered by ''Yijiadu Town'' () to the northeast and east, Erdu Township Erdu Township () is ...

( Chujiang and Yongxin subdistricts) *

Erdu Township Erdu Township () is a township of Shimen County in Hunan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ...

( Erdu and Baofeng subdistricts) ;11 towns * Baiyun, Shimen () * Hupingshan () * Jiashan, Shimen () * Mengquan () * Moshi, Shimen () * Nanbei () * Taiping, Shimen () * Weixin, Shimen () * Xinguan, Shimen () * Yijiadu () * Zaoshi () ;6 townships * Luoping, Shimen () * Sansheng, Shimen () * Suojie () * Xinpu, Shimen () * Yanchi, Shimen () * Ziliang, Shimen () ;5 State-owned farms * Datongshan () * Dongshanfeng () * Longfengyuan () * Luopusi () * Xiupingyuan () ;Other unit * the Management Office of Jiashan mountain ()

Climate

References

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