Yanling County () is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in
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
Zhuzhou City. Located on the south eastern margin of the province, the county is bordered to the north by
Chaling County, to the west by
Anren,
Yongxing Counties and
Zixing City, to the south by
Guidong County, and to the east by
Suichuan County and
Jinggangshan City
Jinggangshan () is a county-level city in the southwest of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan
Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed ...
of
Jiangxi
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. Yanling County covers . As of 2020, it had a population of 160,274, which is 41,797 fewer than 10 years ago.
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tourist attractions
The Mausoleum of Emperor Yandi
The Mausoleum of Emperor Yan is the resting place of the Yan Emperor Shennong, the ancestor of the Chinese nation. It enjoys the reputation of "the first mausoleum in China" and is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national scenic spot.
Subdivisions
Yanling County currently has 5 towns and 5 townships.
;5 towns
* Luyuan ()
* Miandu ()
* Shidu ()
* Shuikou ()
* Xiayang ()
;4 townships
* Ceyuan ()
* Chuanxing ()
* Longxi ()
* Xiacun ()
;1 ethnic township
* Yao Zhongcun ()
Climate
References
External links
www.xzqh.org
County-level divisions of Hunan
Zhuzhou
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Yan Emperor