Dingcheng | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
Pushpin Label: | Dingcheng |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Changde |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Hongyun Subdistrict |
Area Total Km2: | 2,339.6 |
Population Total: | 738085 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 29.0035°N 111.6928°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Dingcheng District is one of two urban districts in Changde City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd most populous district (after Heshan District) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Anxiang County, Jinshi City and Linli County, to the west by Taoyuan County, to the north by Anhua and Taojiang Counties, to the east by Hanshou County, Wuling District is in the central west of Dingcheng District.[2] Dingcheng is the largest district by population or by area in Hunan, it has an area of with 764,700 of registered population (as of 2015).[3] It is divided into four subdistricts, 19 towns and one township, its government seat is Hongyun Subdistrict (Chinese: 红云街道).[4]
Dingcheng has 5 subdistricts, 17 towns and 1 township under its jurisdictions.[5]