Linxiang () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

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 ...

, China, it is under the administration of the

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of Yueyang. Linxiang is located at the northeastern edge of Hunan province, on the southeastern (right) bank of the

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, which lies to the east of the city proper. Linxiang is bordered to the northwest and the north across the Yangtze by

Jianli County Jianli () is a county-level city of southern Hubei, Hubei Province, China, located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River and bordering Hunan, Hunan Province to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou, Jingzhou City. Ety ...

and Honghu City of

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, to the east by Chibi City, Chongyang and Tongcheng Counties of Hubei, to the south and southwest by Yueyang County, and to the west by

Yunxi District Yunxi District () is one of three urban districts in Yueyang City, Hunan province, China; it is also the 4th smallest district by population (after Wulingyuan. Nanyue and Beita Districts) in the province. The district is located in the east o ...

. It covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 537,500. o
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Chang'an Chang'an (; zh, t=長安, s=长安, p=Cháng'ān, first=t) is the traditional name of the city now named Xi'an and was the capital of several Chinese dynasties, ranging from 202 BCE to 907 CE. The site has been inhabited since Neolithic time ...

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Administrative divisions

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/ref> Linxiang has 3 subdistricts and 10 towns under its jurisdiction. ;3 subdistricts * Chang'an, Linxiang () * Taokuang () * Wulipai, Linxiang () 10

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* Baiyangtian () * Changtang, Linxiang () * Huanggai () * Jiangnan, Linxiang () * Nieshi () * Tandu, Linxiang () * Taolin () * Yanglousi () * Zhanqiao () * Zhongfang, Linxiang ()

Climate

References

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County-level divisions of Hunan Yueyang Populated places on the Yangtze River Cities in Hunan {{Hunan-geo-stub