Jinshi () is a
county-level city
A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...
in
Hunan Province
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
, China, it is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Changde
Changde ( ) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. In addition to the urban districts, Changde also administers the county-level city of Jinshi and six counties. Changde is adjacent to Dongt ...
. Jinshi is located on the north in
Hunan Province
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
and the central north in Changde, it borders to the northeast and the northwest by
Li County, the west by
Linli County, the south by
Dingcheng District, the east by
Anxiang County, The city has an area of
with 239,744 of registered population (as of 2016).
It is divided into four towns and five subdistricts under its jurisdiction.
The
government seat is
Xiangyangjie (). Jinshi was honored as the National Sanitary City.
Administrative divisions
according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jinshi City on November 23, 2015 Jinshi City has four towns and five subdistricts under its jurisdiction.
[, also see or ] they are:
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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 or ...
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Xinzhou, Jinshi ()
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Maolihu ()
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Yaoshan, Jinshi ()
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Baiyi ()
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Subdistricts
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Sanzhouyi ()
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Wangjiaqiao ()
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Xiangyangjie ()
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Jinyuling ()
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Jiashan, Jinshi ()
References
External links
Government webportal of Jinshi
County-level divisions of Hunan
Changde
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