Shimen County () is a northernmost county of

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 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' ...

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 ...

. 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 Hefeng County () is a county on the upper reaches of the Loushui River in the southwestern part of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the south. It is under the administration of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Auton ...

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", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

, 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 T ...

, 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 Tujia ( Northern Tujia: ''Bifjixkhar'' / ''Bifzixkar'', IPA: , Southern Tujia: ''Mongrzzir'', ; ) are an ethnic group and, with a total population of over 8 million, the eighth-largest officially recognized ethnic minority in the People's ...

, the descendant of Chinese ancient Ba People, the

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

/ref> they are: ;4 subdistricts * Chujiang Town ( Chujiang and Yongxin subdistricts) *

Erdu Township Erdu Township () is a township of Shimen County in Hunan, China. The township is located in the southwestern Shimen County, it is bordered by Xinguan (), Chujiang and Yijiadu () towns to the north, Linli County to the east, Jiashan Town () to the ...

( 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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