Yintian Town () is a rural
town
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 ...
in
Shaoshan City, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China. it had a population of 19,560 and an area of .
Administrative division
The town is divided into eleven villages and a community: Yintianzhen Community (), Qingshi Village (), South Village (), Chayuan Village (), Aoshi Village (), Fengjia Village (), Changtian Village (), Nanhu Village (), Sanhua Village (), Xifeng Village (), Beituo Village (), and Huaixing Village ().
Geography
The Longgu Mountain () is a scenic spot in the town, the highest point of the mountain, measures .
Economy
The region abounds with
coal
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Coal is formed when dea ...
,
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
, and
sepiolite.
Transportation
Expressway
The
Shaoshan Expressway, which runs east through to Nanzhushan Town of
Xiangtan County and the west through
Qingxi Town to
Ningxiang. Its eastern terminus is at
G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and its northern terminus is at
Changsha-Shaoshan-Loudi Expressway
The Changsha-Shaoshan-Loudi Expressway () commonly abbreviated as Changshaolou Expressway (), is a major expressway of Hunan province, China, linking the cities of Changsha, Shaoshan, Xiangxiang, Loudi, and Lianyuan. It is 139.151 km in lengt ...
.
Provincial Highway
The S208 Provincial Highway () runs through the town.
Railway
The
Shaoshan railway, from Xiangshao station of Xiangtan County to Shaoshan station in the town.
Attractions
Yintian Temple (), built in 1459, in the third year of the age of Tianshun of
Emperor Yingzong, is a
Buddhism
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temple and scenic spot.
References
External links
{{Hunan Shaoshan divisions
Divisions of Shaoshan
Towns of Hunan