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Shaoyang County Shaoyang County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Dongkou County, to the west by Huitong and Jingzhou ...

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. The town was established in 1953the history of Tangdukou Town, according to the ''Dictionary of Chinese Administrative Divisions'' (中国行政区划大典) published by the ''People's Publishing House of Zhejiang'' (浙江人民出版社) and reorganized through the amalgamation of ''Huangtang Township'' (), ''Xiatangyun Township'' () and the former ''Tangdukou Town'' on November 24, 2015. It is located in the central Shaoyang County, the town is bordered by ''Xiaoxishi Township'' () to the north, ''Jiugongqiao Township'' (), ''Huangjing Township'' () and ''Xiahuaqiao Town'' () to the east, Baicang Town to the south, ''Jinchengshi Town'' () and ''Huangtingshi Town'' () to the west. The town has an area of with a population of 188,000 (as of 2015). The town was divided into 67 villages and 8 communities in 2015. Its seat is ''Shiwan Community'' ().According to the result on ''Adjustment of Township-level Administrative divisions of Shaoyang County'' on November 24, 2015 / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意邵阳县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（2015年11月24日湘民行发〔2015〕75号）, se
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Shaoyang County County seats in Hunan Towns of Hunan {{Hunan-geo-stub