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Qiyang County Qiyang () is a county-level city of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yongzhou. Located on the south central part of the province, it is adjacent to the city proper of Yongzhou. The county is b ...

, to the northeast by Xintian County, to the east by Jiahe County, to the southeast by Lanshan County, to the southwest by Jianghua and Dao Counties, to the northwest by Shuangpai County. Ningyuan County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 871,200 and a permanent resident population of 726,700.the population of Ningyuan County in 2015, according to the o
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Administrative Divisions

Climate

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County-level divisions of Hunan Yongzhou {{Hunan-geo-stub