Lingxi (Chinese: 灵溪镇; pinyin: língxī zhèn) is a town of Yongshun County, Hunan Province, China, and also the seat of Yongshun County, Hunan, China.
Lingxi
灵溪镇 | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 29°0′16″N 109°50′53″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hunan |
Prefecture-level city | Xiangxi |
County | Yongshun |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Located in the central land of the county, the town was reformed by merging the former Lingxi Town and other four townships in which including Shaoha (Chinese: 勺哈), Daba (Chinese: 大坝), Fuzhi (Chinese: 抚志) and Diaojing (Chinese: 吊井) on November 30, 2015. It has an area of 622.83 square kilometres (240.48 sq mi) with a population of 130,900 (as of November, 2015).[1] The town is divided into 45 villages and 12 communities.[2] Its seat is Chengbei Community (城北社区).[1]
Lingxi Town stands in the drainage basin of Lingxi River, it is named after the river. The river is the upper reaches of Niulu River (Chinese: 牛路河), the largest tributary of Mengdong River (Chinese: 猛洞河), and Mengdong River is the largest tributary of You River.[3]
Township-level divisions of Yongshun County (November 30, 2015 - present) | |
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county seat: Lingxi (灵溪镇) | |
12 towns | |
11 townships |
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