Zhongfang County () is a county of

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 t ...

, 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' ...

Huaihua Huaihua () is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It covers and is bordered by Xiangxi to the northwest, Zhangjiajie and Changde to the north, Yiyang, Loudi and Shaoyang to the east, Guilin and Liuzhou of Guang ...

. Located on the west of the province, Zhongfang County is proximately to the city proper of Huaihua. The

Yuan River The Yuan River, also known by its Chinese name as the Yuanjiang, is one of the four largest rivers in Hunan province in southeast-central China. It is a tributary of Yangtze River. It is long and rises in Guizhou province in the Miao Mountains n ...

flows through its east part south to north, Wu River runs through its west part north to south. The county is bordered to the northwest by

Hecheng District Hecheng District () is the only urban district of the prefecture-level city of Huaihua, Hunan Province, China. Located in central Huaihua, Hecheng District is bordered to the northwest by Mayang County, to the northeast by Chenxi County, to the ...

, to the north by

Chenxi County Chenxi County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua prefecture-level City. Located on the north of the province, it is adjacent to the north of the city proper of Huaihua. The county is bordered to ...

, to the east by

Xupu County Xupu County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City. Located on the west central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Yuanling County, to the northeast by Anhua County, ...

, to the south by Hongjiang City, to the west by Zhijiang County. Zhongfang County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 289,054 and a resident population of 242,800. o
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and a

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under its jurisdiction, the

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Zhongfang Town Zhongfang Town () is a town and the county seat of Zhongfang County in Hunan, China. The town is located in the southwest of the county. It was reformed to merge with ''Luting'ao'' Township (), ''Pailou'' Town () and the former ''Zhongfang Town'' o ...

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{{authority control County-level divisions of Hunan Huaihua