Jinshi Town () is an urban

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in Xiangxiang City,

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 ...

, People's Republic of China.

Administrative divisions

, the town administers 10 villages and two residential communities: Lijiawan Community (), Tielutang Community (), Dahu Village (), Jinshi Village (), Jin'an Village (), Shiba Village (), Wenxing Village (), Taiping Village (), Longtan Village (), Dachang Village (), Zhuangyuan Village (), and Guandong Village ().

Transportation

Expressway

The Changsha-Shaoshan-Loudi Expressway, which runs east through Donghutang Town, Huaminglou Town and Daolin Town to

Yuelu District Yuelu District () is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. It is the 4th most populous district (after Heshan, Dingcheng and Yueyanglou Districts) in Hunan. The district is b ...

Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

, and the west through Huitang Town, Jinsou Township, Yueshan Town, Hutian Town to

Louxing District Louxing District () is the only urban district and the seat of Loudi Prefecturel-level City, Hunan Province, China. Located in northeastern part of Loudi, it is in the place across three prefecturel-level cities of Loudi, Changsha and Xiangtan, ...

Loudi Loudi () is a prefecture-level city located in central Hunan province, China. It is situated about southwest of the provincial capital of Changsha and is considered a small to medium size city within the province. According to the 2010 Census, ...

Notable people

Song Wenhan Song Wenhan (; June 1939 – 30 March 2024) was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who served as chief of staff of the Guangzhou Military Region from 1996 to 2002. He was promoted to the rank of major general ('' shaoji ...

, a lieutenant general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

who served as chief of staff of the

Guangzhou Military Region The Guangzhou Military Region was from 1955 to 2016 one of the People's Liberation Army PLA Military Regions, located in the south of the People's Republic of China. In May 1949, the Central China (Hua Zhong) Military Region (MR) was formed. In M ...

from 1996 to 2002.

References

{{Hunan Xiangxiang divisions Divisions of Xiangxiang