Xuba Township (MOS:ZH-->) is a township in
Yi'an District
Yi'an District (), formerly Tongling County, is a district of the city of Tongling, in the south of Anhui province, lying on the southern and eastern (right) bank of the Yangtze River. The total area is . The population (Han nationality) is 716,30 ...
of
Tongling, Anhui, China. As of the 2017 census it had a population of 20,986 and an area of .
Administrative division
As of 2017, the township is divided into one community and sixteen villages:
* Funing Community ()
* Xuguang ()
* Xinzhou ()
* Wenxing ()
* Qunxin ()
* Honglou ()
* Longtan ()
* Yiguan ()
* Chongxin ()
* Anping ()
* Zilong ()
* Xijiang ()
* Zhongzhou ()
* Hongmiao ()
* Qianjiang ()
* Jiangbin ()
* Changyang ()
History
It was incorporated as a township in 1957. It was renamed as "Xuba Commune" () in 1961 and was renamed "Xuba Township" in 1983.
Due to
floods
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, all residents in the township and
Laozhou Township of
Tongling
Tongling (; former names: Tunglinghsien, Tungkwanshan) is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province. A river port along the Yangtze River, Tongling borders Wuhu to the east, Chizhou to the southwest and Anqing to the west.
As of the ...
along the
Yangtze River
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 flow ...
were ordered to evacuate on July 11, 2020.
Economy
The township is rich in rape and vegetables.
Education
There are two middle schools in the township: Anping Ciji Middle School () and Xuba Middle School ().
References
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Township-level divisions of Anhui
Divisions of Yi'an District