Yuan'an County () is a county in the west of
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
province, People's Republic of 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 China' ...
of
Yichang
Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populati ...
.
''
Yuanansuchus'', an extinct
mastodonsauroid temnospondyl
Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') is a diverse order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinthodontia, primitive amphi ...
, is named after Yuan'an County where its remains were first discovered.
Administrative divisions
Six towns:
*
Mingfeng (),
Hualinsi (),
Jiuxian (),
Yangping (),
Maopingchang (),
Hehua ()
The only township is
Hekou Township Hekou, meaning ''river mouth'' or ''estuary'', is a common place name in China and may refer to the following in China:
Districts (河口区)
* Hekou District, Dongying, Shandong
Counties (河口县)
* Hekou Yao Autonomous County (河口瑶族自 ...
()
Climate
References
Counties of Hubei
Geography of Yichang
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