Xiangjiangyuan Yao Township () is an

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Lanshan County Lanshan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the south margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northern border of Guangdong. Lanshan covers . In 2015, i ...

Hunan 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, Jiangx ...

, China. It is the home of the

and is named after the source of the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tribut ...

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/ref> The township covers an area of . At the end of 2015, it had 742 resident families with a population of 3,188; the Yao people account for 95 percent of the population. The township is divided into five villages and part of the Jingzhu Forest Farm (). The seat of the township is at the village of Tongcun ().

History

The Xiangjiangyuan Yao Township historically was named Ziliang Ethnic Township (), Qunfeng People's Commune (), Ziliang Yao People's Commune () and Ziliang Yao Township (). The historic Ziliang Ethnic Township was formed in April 1950. It was renamed Qunfeng People's Commune in 1958. The Ziliang Yao People's Commune was reformed in 1961. The people's commune was transformed into a township in 1982. The Ziliang was allowed to renamed Xiangjiangyuan on November 18, 2015. The Xiangjiangyuan Yao Township was officially established on December 30, 2016. o
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Geography

The Xiangjiangyuan is a mountainous township located in the southeastern margin of Lanshan. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Suocheng Town (), to the southeast by Daqiao Yao Township (), to the south by Jingzhu Yao Township (), to the west by

Ningyuan County Ningyuan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. also see Located on the southern part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Qiyang County, to the north ...

. The township is at 800 metres above sea level, the source of the

is at Yegou Mountain () in Zhulin Village (). It is also the location of the Xiangjiangyuan National Forest Park (), established by the State Forestry Administration in 2008.

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References

{{Reflist Townships of Hunan Lanshan County Yao ethnic townships