Xinchang County () is a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
in the east-central part of
Zhejiang
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...
province, administratively under the municipal government of
Shaoxing
Shaoxing (; ) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as (''Yuè'') from the area's former inhabitants. ...
. 430,000 people live in Xinchang.
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:
*
Yulin Subdistrict (羽林街道),
Nanming Subdistrict Nanming may refer to:
*Nanming District, in Guiyang, Guizhou, China
*Southern Ming
The Southern Ming (), also known as the Later Ming (), officially the Great Ming (), was an imperial dynasty of China and a series of rump states of the Ming ...
(南明街道),
Qixing Subdistrict (七星街道)
Towns:
*
Shaxi (沙溪镇),
Ru'ao (儒岙镇),
Huishan (回山镇),
Chengtan (澄潭镇),
Xiaojiang (小将镇),
Jingling
Tianmen () is a sub-prefecture-level city (sometimes considered a county-level city) in central Hubei Province, China.
It is on the Jianghan Plain, on the west side of Wuhan (the biggest city of Central China, as well as the capital of Hubei) ...
(镜岭镇),
Meizhu (梅渚镇),
Dashiju (大市聚镇)
Townships:
*
Shuangcai Township (双彩乡),
Qiaoying Township (巧英乡),
Dongming Township (东茗乡),
Xinlin Township (新林乡),
Chengnan Township (城南乡)
Climate
Toxic capsule town
The town of Ru'ao () became synonymous with poison. The factories using industrial gelatin to make pills were closed soon after CCTV reported the scandal on April 15, 2012.
A third of Ruao's 30,000 population is employed in the capsule industry.
Tourism
Xinchang is home to the
Dafo Temple ().
References
External links
County-level divisions of Zhejiang
Shaoxing
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