Suining County () is a
county
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in the
Province
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of
Hunan
Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...
, China, it is under the administration of
Shaoyang City. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north by
Dongkou County, to the west by
Huitong and
Jingzhou Counties, to the southwest by
Tongdao County, to the southeast by
Chengbu County, and to the east by
Wugang City. Suining County covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 387,800 and a permanent resident population of 356,800.
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and eight townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat
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is the town of Changpu ().
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Administrative divisions
;8 towns
* Changpu ()
* Huangtukuang ()
* Jinwutang ()
* Lixiqiao ()
* Tangjiafang ()
* Wawutang ()
* Wuyang ()
* Hongyan ()
;1 township
* Shuikou ()
;8 ethnic townships
* Changpuzi ()
* Dongshan ()
* Egongshan ()
* Guanxia ()
* Hekou ()
* Le'anpu ()
* Matang ()
* Zhaishi ()
Languages
In Suining County, ethnic Yao live in Lianmin 联民乡, Shuikou 水口乡, and Jinwutang 金屋塘乡 townships. The dialect of Xiaohuang, Tianluoxuan Village, Lianmin Township () is included in the ''Suining County Gazetteer'' (1997).
Chinese dialects are spoken by the ethnic Miao of Guanxia 关峡苗族乡 and Matang 麻塘苗族乡 ethnic Miao townships.[Yang Zaibiao 再彪(2011). ''Four endangered languages of Hunan province'' 南西部四种濒危语言调查 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 族出版社]
Climate
References
www.xzqh.org
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County-level divisions of Hunan
Shaoyang