Dong'an County () is a

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Hunan Province Hunan is an inland province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chon ...

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. The county is bordered to the north by Shaoyang County, to the east by Lengshuitan District, to the south by Lingling District, Quanzhou County of Guangxi, to the west and the northwest by Xinning County. Dong'an County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 643,179.the population of Dong'an County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Dong'an County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年东安县国民经济和社会发展统计公报):
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/ref> The county has 13

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and 2 townships under its jurisdiction, the

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is Baiyashi ().the divisions of Dong'an County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Dong'an County on November 11, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意东安县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕19号)
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also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》

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/ref> Dong'an County is the source place of Dong'an Chicken (), which is one of well-known Hunan foods.

Administrative divisions

;13 towns * Baiyashi () * Damiaokou () * Dasheng () * Duanqiaopu () * Hengtang () * Huaqiao () * Jingtouyu () * Luhongshi () * Lumaqiao () * Nanqiao () * Shiqishi () * Xinyujiang () * Zixishi () ;2 townships * Shuiling () * Shuiyan ()

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