Dongkou County Explained

Dongkou
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Settlement Type:	County
Pushpin Map:	China Hunan
Pushpin Label:	Dongkou
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Hunan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Hunan
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Shaoyang
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	27.0603°N 110.5759°W
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8

Dongkou County is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in west-central Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Longhui County, to the northwest by Xupu County and Hongjiang City, to the southwest by Suining County, to the southeast by Xinning County. Dongkou County covers 2200km2,^[1] as of 2015, it had a registered population of 870,900 and a permanent resident population of 784,500.^[2] The county has 11 towns, nine townships and three subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Wenchang Subdistrict (Chinese: 文昌街道).^{[3] [4]}

Administrative divisions

3 subdistricts

• Huagu (Chinese: 花古街道)
• Wenchang (Chinese: 文昌街道)
• Xuefeng (Chinese: 雪峰街道)

11 towns

• Gaosha (Chinese: 高沙镇)
• Huayuan (Chinese: 花园镇)
• Huangqiao (Chinese: 黄桥镇)
• Jiangkou (Chinese: 江口镇)
• Liaotian (Chinese: 醪田镇)
• Shanmen (Chinese: 山门镇)
• Shijiang (Chinese: 石江镇)
• Shuidong (Chinese: 水东镇)
• Yanqian (Chinese: 岩山镇)
• Yulan (Chinese: 毓兰镇)
• Zhushi (Chinese: 竹市镇)

6 townships

• Gulou (Chinese: 古楼乡)
• Shizhu (Chinese: 石柱乡)
• Tongshan (Chinese: 桐山乡)
• Yanglin (Chinese: 杨林乡)
• Yuexi (Chinese: 月溪乡)
• Zhaping (Chinese: 渣坪乡)

3 Yao ethnic townships

• Changtang (Chinese: 长塘瑶族乡)
• Dawu (Chinese: 大屋瑶族乡)
• Luoxi (Chinese: 罗溪瑶族乡)

Transportation

Dongkou railway station on the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway is located here.

Notes and References

1. the area of Dongkou County, according to Dongkou.gov: about Dongkou County (洞口概况)
2. the population of Dongkou County in 2015: according to the Statistical Communiqué of Dongkou County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development (洞口县2015年国民经济和社会发展统计公报) shaoyang.gov (25-Mar-16) or dongkou.gov
3. the divisions of Dongkou County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Dongkou County on July 30, 2015: shaoyang.gov (30-Jul-15): 洞口县撤销两乡镇分设三街道, dkdj.gov
4. more about the subdivisions of Dongkou County, also see the History of Dongkou County, xzqh.org