Tongshan () is a county of

Xianning Xianning () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus". Geography and climate Xianning is located i ...

City, in the southeastern part of

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 ...

province, People's Republic of China, bordering

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

to the south. The county is located along Hubei's

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south-eastern border with Jiangxi. Its best known tourist attraction is the Jiugong Mountain National Park (), located in the Jiugong Range, south of Jiugongshan Town. The county is roughly coterminous with the upper part of the basin of the

Fushui River The Fushui River (富水) is a river flowing through Tongshan and Yangxin Counties in the south-eastern part of Hubei province, China. The river is long. It originates in the Mufu Mountains, flows in the general eastern direction, and discharge ...

, which flows eastward, into the neighboring Yangxin County, where it discharges into the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

. A fairly large Fushui Reservoir (''Fushui Shuiku'') is formed on this river and its tributaries within Tongshan County by a dam that's actually built in Yangxin County, a bit downstream of the county line. There are also a few smaller reservoirs on the Fushui's tributaries. The county seat is in the

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of Tongyang (); as it is customary in China, this location is usually labeled on less-detailed maps simply as "Tongshan County" () or "Tongshan". The county is served by

China National Highway 106 China National Highway 106 (G106; , 106 Guo Dao) is a road from Beijing to Guangzhou. It leaves Beijing at Yuquanying and heads to Gu'an County, Bazhou (Hebei), Kaifeng (Henan), Ezhou (Hubei), and eventually Guangzhou (Guangdong) on the south ...

(G106), which joins with G316 near the eastern tip of the county.

Xianning Nuclear Power Plant The Xianning Nuclear Power Plant (), also named Dafan Nuclear Power Plant (大畈核电站), is planned in Dafan Town, Tongshan County, Xianning, Hubei Province, China. It is planned to host at least four 1,250-megawatt (MW) AP1000 pressurized w ...

is under construction near Tongshan County's Dafan Town.

Administrative divisions

The county is divided into 8 towns, 4 townships and 1 other area: *

Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

(): Tongyang (, the county seat), Nanlinqiao (), Huangshapu (), Xiapu (), Chuangwang (), Honggang (), Dafan (), Jiugong Shan (). *

Townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

(): Dalu (), Yangfanglin (), Cikou (), Yanxia (Yansha?) (). *Other area: Jiugongshan Tourism District Management Committee () File:Tongyang - downtown - apartment complex - CIMG9858.JPG, An apartment complex in Tongyang. Note the creative use of roofs for vegetable gardens Image:Tongshan-County-village-home-9872.jpg, A typical old village home File:Hengshitan - main street - CIMG9916.JPG, County's local buses in Hengshitan (Jiugongshan Town)

Climate

References

{{authority control Counties of Hubei Xianning