Yizhang County () is a

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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

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Chenzhou Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total populatio ...

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Location

Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the south of the city proper in Chenzhou, and near the northern border of

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. The county borders to the north by Zixing City, Suxian and Beihu Districts, to the west by Linwu County, Lianzhou City of

, to the south and the southeast by Yangshan, Ruyuan Counties and Lechang City of Guangdong and Rucheng County.

Administration

The county has 14

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and five townships under its jurisdiction, the

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() ;4 townships * Changcun () * Chishi () *

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() * Jiangshui () ;1 ethnic township * Yao Mangshan ()

History

In early 1928

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's troops, survivors of the

Nanchang Uprising The Nanchang Uprising () was the first major Nationalist Party of China–Chinese Communist Party engagement of the Chinese Civil War, begun by the Chinese Communists to counter the Shanghai massacre of 1927 by the Kuomintang. The Kuomi ...

, Little Long March and Battle of Shantou, found refuge here with the local warlord.

Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to: * Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty * Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June ...

was with him; neither dared reveal his identity at the time. It was from here that a rested and bolstered communist column marched to the

Jinggangshan Mountains The Jinggang Mountains (), historically rendered as Chingkang Mountains are a mountain range of the Luoxiao Mountains System (罗霄山), in the border region of Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces. The range lies at the junction of four counties - Ni ...

in April to join the hold-outs from another uprising.

County town

The county town is at the border between Hunan and Guangdong. The national highway from Guangzhou to Beijing passes through the middle of the town.

Environment

A beautiful tourist park is Mangshan Mountain National Forest Park. The 1902-meter peak of Shikengkong (), on the interprovincial border, stands some 50 km south of the county town. Mangshan pitviper and Mangshan horned toad have been described as new species to science from specimens collected from Mangshan (Mount Mang).

Climate

References

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{{authority control Geography of Chenzhou County-level divisions of Hunan