Lianhua County Explained

Lianhua County
Other Name:Lienhwa
Postal Code:337100
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Mapsize:250px
Image Map1:Location of Pingxiang within Jiangxi.png
Map Caption1:Pingxiang in Jiangxi
Coordinates:27.1277°N 113.9615°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Jiangxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Pingxiang
Area Total Km2:1072
Population:279,400
Population As Of:(2018)
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Lianhua County is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pingxiang.

Geography

Lianhua lies in the Luoxiao Mountains, somewhat north of Jinggangshan.

Revolutionary History

Hard on the Hunan border, Lianhua was the headquarters of the (South-)Eastern Hunan Red Army Independent Division, and thus the administrative centre for the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic of the early 1930s.

Administrative divisions

Lianhua County has 5 towns and 8 townships.[1]

5 towns
  • Qinting (Chinese: 琴亭镇)
  • Lukou (Chinese: 路口镇)
  • Liangfang (Chinese: 良坊镇)
  • Shengfang (Chinese: 升坊镇)
  • Fanglou (Chinese: 坊楼镇)
8 townships
  • Shanshi Township (Chinese: 闪石乡)
  • Hushang Township (Chinese: 湖上乡)
  • Sanbanqiao Township (Chinese: 三板桥乡)
  • Shenquan Township (Chinese: 神泉乡)
  • Liushi Township (Chinese: 六市乡)
  • Gaozhou Township (Chinese: 高洲乡)
  • Hetang Township (Chinese: 荷塘乡)
  • Nanling Township (Chinese: 南岭乡)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.