Gong'an County () is a county in southern
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 ...
province, People's Republic of China, bordering
Hunan
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to the south. It is under the administration of
Jingzhou
Jingzhou ( zh, s=, c=荆州, t=, p=Jīngzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Its total residential population was 5,231,180 based on the Seventh National Population Censu ...
City.
History
During the
Han dynasty
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and the
Three Kingdoms
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era, Gong'an County was known as Youjiangkou and was a part of
Jingzhou Province. It was a camp for
Liu Bei
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's forces during the
Sun–Liu territorial dispute.
In April 2009, the county drew nationwide ridicule after media reported that Gong'an officials had ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs / year of a Hubei brand of cigarette. Departments whose employees failed to buy enough or who bought other brands would be fined. The officials were undaunted, saying that the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, they relented, posting a short message on their government Web site: "We have decided to remove this edict."
Administrative divisions
The county oversees 14
towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
() and two
townships () as of 2016. Altogether 59
neighbourhood committees (), 321
village committees () and 3,337 village groups come under the county's jurisdiction.
The new county seat for executive, legislative and
judiciary
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and for the
CPC and
PSB branches, is
Douhudi.
Fourteen towns:
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Buhe () (pop. 100,552)
*
Douhudi () (pop. 131,865)
*
Yangjiachang () (pop. 54,402)
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Mahaokou () (pop. 63,032)
*
Jiazhuyuan () (pop. 56,178)
*
Zhakou () (pop. 56,754)
*
Ouchi () (pop. 46,623)
*
Huangshantou () (pop. 38,388)
*
Zhangzhuangpu () (pop. 66,622)
*
Shizikou () (pop. 67,228)
*
Banzhudang () (pop. 74,099)
*
Mengjiaxi () (pop. 49,261)
*
Nanping
Nanping; historically known as Yanping ( zh, s=延平, poj=Iân-pêng is a third-tier prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province of China, Province, China, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde to the east, Sanming to the sou ...
() (pop. 56,505)
*
Maojiagang () (pop. 76,440)
Two townships:
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Ganjiachang Township () (pop. 42,591)
*
Zhangtiansi Township () (pop. 46,355)
Climate
Notable persons
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Wan Exiang, former chairman of the
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
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Notes and references
External links
Gong'an County Government
{{Authority control
Gong'an County
Counties of Hubei
Jingzhou