Tuojiang, Fenghuang

Tuojiang Town () is an ancient town and the seat of Fenghuang County in Hunan, China. It has an area of with a population of 112,200 (as of 2015). The town has 29 villages and 7 communities under its jurisdiction, its seat is at ''Fenghuang South Road'' (). The town is famous for ''Ancient City of Fenghuang'', it is one of the most important tourist destinations in Hunan and one of AAAA-rated tourist attractions.

History

The town of Tuojiang is an ancient town. it was ''City of Wuzhaisi'' () which was the seat of ''Wuzhai Tusi'' () formed in Yuan dynasty. ''Camp Fenghuang'' () was established there in 1704 and ''Camp Fenghuang'' was upgraded to ''Military Department of Fenghuang'' () in 1736, it became the seat of ''Fenghuang Military Department''. ''Military Department of Fenghuang'' ceased to be a military unit, the county of Fenghuang was formed in 1912, it is the seat of the county. In 1942, the town of ''Zhengan'' () was renamed as Tuojiang after the ''Tuojiang River'' which runs through it.the history of Tuojiang, according to the ''Dictionary of Chinese Administrative Divisions'' (中国行-政区划大典) published by the ''People's Publishing House of Zhejiang'' (浙江人民出版社)

In 2005, the township of ''Qiliangqiao'' () was amalgamated to the town, it had an area of with 6 communities and 24 villages (as of 2011). on November 30, 2015, the township of ''Guanzhuang'' () was merged to the town, it has an area of with 7 communities and 34 villages (as of 2015).According to the ''Official Reply of Hunan Provincial Civil Affairs Department on approving township-level division adjustment programmes of Fenghuang County'' (on November 30, 2015) / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意凤凰县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（2015年11月30日 湘民行发〔2015〕112号）, se
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Amalgamation of villages in 2016

Geography

The town of Tuojiang is located in the east of Fenghuang County, it is bordered by the township of ''Dashuitian'' to the south, by the towns of ''Liaojiaqiao'' and ''Qiangongping'' to the west, by the towns of ''Jinxin'' and ''Mujiangping'' to the north, by the townships of ''Shiyangzui'' and ''Banlishu'' of Mayang County to the east.

Subdivisions

The township of ''Guanzhuang'' () was merged to the town, it had 7 communities and 34 villages under its jurisdiction in 2015. Through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, its villages were reduced to 29 from 34, the town of Tuojiang has 29 villages and 7 communities under its jurisdiction.according to ''Code of Administrative Divisions of Hunan Province'' (in 2016) se
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;7 communities
* Chengbei Community ()
* Gucheng Community ()
* Hongqi Community ()
* Nanhua Community ()
* Sanwangge Community ()
* Shawan Community ()
* Xintianlong Community ()

;29 villages
* Baiyan Village ()
* Bisheng Village ()
* Changping Village ()
* Da'ao Village ()
* Dahuangtu Village ()
* Dawan Village ()
* Dazhong Village ()
* Dongfanghong Village ()
* Dutian Village ()
* Duye Village ()
* Guangzhuang Village ()
* Hongqiao Village ()
* Huangli Village ()
* Jinping Village ()
* Longtan Village ()
* Mianzhai Village ()
* Mulinqiao Village ()
* Pingli Village ()
* Qiliangqiao Village ()
* Qingwa Village ()
* Sanliwan Village ()
* Shilipai Village ()
* Shucai Village ()
* Tuqiao Village ()
* Wanzhao Village ()
* Xiaohuangtu Village ()
* Xikou Village ()
* Xinmin Village ()
* Zhuangshang Village ()

Attractions

The town of Tuojiang is one of national famous historical and cultural cities in China, the Miaojiang Great Wall, hanging houses, ancient architectural complex and two national historical and cultural sites of ''Old Fortress of Fenghuang'' () and ''Shen Congwen's Former Residence'' () are important tourist attractions.

References

{{Divisions of Fenghuang County

Fenghuang County
County seats in Hunan
AAAA-rated tourist attractions
Towns of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture