Wuling Town () was a historic town of

Dingcheng District Dingcheng District () is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd most populous district (after Heshan District) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Anxiang County, Jinshi City and L ...

(the former ''Changde County'') in Changde Prefecture-level City,

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. It was established on March 12, 1981, named after ''Wuling'' () of local ancient name; ''Guojiapu Township'' () was merge to the town.the history of Wuling 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) As a township-level division, Wuling Town ceased to be a separate town, It was divided into 3 subdistricts of

Guojiapu Guojiapu () is a subdistrict of Dingcheng District in Changde Prefecture-level City, Hunan, China. Dividing a part of the former ''Wuling Town Wuling Town () was a historic town of Dingcheng District (the former ''Changde County'') in Changde Pre ...

, Hongyun and Yuxia in 2013.湖南省民政厅（湘民行发〔2013〕32号: 撤销鼎城区武陵镇，设立玉霞、红云、郭家铺3个街道. see ''the History of Dingcheng District (鼎城区历史沿革)''
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/ref> Wuling Town was located on the southern bank of the

Yuan River The Yuan River, also known by its Chinese name as the Yuanjiang, is one of the four largest rivers in Hunan province in southeast-central China. It is a tributary of Yangtze River. It is long and rises in Guizhou province in the Miao Mountains n ...

, It was surrounded by

Wuling District Wuling District () is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China. Located on the central area of Changde, the district is surrounded by Dingcheng District to the north and south, bordered to the west by Taoyuan County, to t ...

across the Yuan river to the west, north and east, Doumuhu Town to the south. In 2013, the town had an area of with a population of 152,000, it was divided into 21 commities and four villages, its seat was Yuxia Community (; the seat of the present of

Yuxia Subdistrict Yuxia Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Dingcheng District in Changde Prefecture-level City, Hunan, China. Dividing a portion of the former '' Wuling Town'' (), the subdistrict was formed in 2013. It has an area of with a population of 76,200 ...

Communities and villages

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