Dongfeng, Yanling
Dongfeng Township | |
|---|---|
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Simplified | 东风乡 |
| • Traditional | 東風鄉 |
| • Pinyin | Dongfeng Xiang |
  Dongfeng Township Location in China | |
| Coordinates: 26°21′40″N 113°36′53″E / 26.36111°N 113.61472°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| City | Zhuzhou |
| County | Yanling County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.66 km2 (20.72 sq mi) |
| Population | 8,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0733 |
Dongfeng (Chinese: 东风乡; pinyin: Dōngfēng Xiāng) is a historic township in the west of Yanling County, Hunan, China. As a historic division of Yanling, Dongfeng was historically a partition of Anren County, Caoping (草坪乡), Dapeng (大鹏乡) and Yuqiu (玉秋乡) three townships were divided into Lixian County (modern Yanling County) in 1954. The three townships were amalgamated to create Taiping Commune (太平公社) in 1958, Taiping Commune was renamed to Dongfeng Commune (东风公社) in 1969, Dongfeng Commune was reorganized as a township in 1984.[1] On November 20, 2015, Dongfeng Township was merged to Luyuan Town. The county has 5 towns and 5 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is at Xiayang (霞阳镇).[2]
Subdivisions[edit]
The township is divided into 13 villages, the following areas: Gaoshan Village, Gaofeng Village, Jinshan Village, Muxin Village, Taipingling Village, Dongxing Village, Xicaoping Village, Xinlong Village, Shangcun Village, Sankou Village, Hongxing Village, Hongguang Village, and Yanfen Village.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b xzqh.org: Dongfeng Township / 东风乡 (Apr. 19 2011) (Chinese / 中文)
- ^ 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) Archived 2018-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, zznews.gov