Dawu County () is a county of northeastern
Hubei
Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
, People's Republic of China, bordering the
prefecture-level city
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of
Xinyang
Xinyang ( zh, s= , t=信陽 , p=Xìnyáng; Postal romanization, postal: Sinyang) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan province of China, province, People's Republic of China, the southernmost administrative division in the province. It ...
in
Henan
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province to the north. It is under the administration of
Xiaogan
Xiaogan ( zh, s=孝感, p=Xiàogǎn) is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some northwest of the provincial capital of Wuhan. According to the 2020 census, its population totaled 4,270,371, of whom ...
City.
Administrative divisions
Dawu County comprises 19
township-level divisions
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including 14 towns, 3 townships and 2 other areas.
Towns:
*
Chengguan (),
Yangping (),
Fangfan (),
Xincheng (),
Xiadian (),
Liuji (),
Hekou (),
Sigu (),
Lüwang (),
Huangzhan (),
Xuanhuadian (),
Fengdian (),
Daxin (),
Sanli ()
Townships:
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Gaodian Township (),
Pengdian Township (),
Dongxin Township ()
Other areas:
*Economic Development District (), High speed Railway
New Area ()
Climate
Notable people from Dawu County
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Cheng Shicai
References
Counties of Hubei
Xiaogan
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