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Pingle () is a historic
township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
located in the southern east of
Yanling County Yanling may refer to the following locations in China: * Yanling County (延陵縣) in Dai Commandery under the Han dynasty *Yanling County, Henan Yanling County () is a county in the central part of Henan province, China. It is the easternmost ...
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Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...
, China. The township had 8 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of , as of 2010 census, the township had a population of 2,323, its administrative centre was at Maoping Village (茅坪).xzqh.org: ''Pingle Township'' / 平乐乡 (Apr. 19 2011)
(Chinese / 中文)


History

As a historic division of Yanling, Pingle was originally a part of ''Dingzhi Township'' (定治乡) in 1949, the 7th
county-controlled district The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district (), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or mun ...
in 1950, ''Pingle Township'' (平乐乡) in 1956 and ''Xingfu Commune'' (幸福公社) in 1958. Derived from a part of ''Xingfu Commune'', Pingle Commune was created in 1961. it was reorganized as a township in 1984. On November 20, 2015, Pingle, Zhongcun and Longzha three townships were merged to create the new Zhongcun Yao Ethnic Township.the divisions of Yanling County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Yanling County on November 20, 2015 《关于同意炎陵县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕57号)
rednet (20-Nov-15)zznews.gov


Cityscape

The township is divided into 8 villages: Maoping Village, Lefu Village, Mianying Village, Dongping Village, Dongzi Village, Qingshan Village, Jingshan Village, and Xinshan Village.


References

{{reflist Historic township-level divisions of Yanling County