Yanglinjie Explained

Yanglinjie is a town of Yueyang County in Hunan, China. It was reorganized as a town from the former township of Yanglin on November 17, 2017, the town has an area of 85.96km2 with a population of 35,800 (as of 2017). Through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, its divisions were reduced to eight villages from 25 villages, its seat is Chengshanzhou .

History

The township of Yanglin existed in the late period of Mingguo (1940s), it was a part of Tieshan Township in 1949 and of Tieshan Commune in 1958. It was incorporated as a commune from part of Tieshan in 1961. The commune was reorganized as a township in 1984.^[1]

In 1995, Lantian Township was merged to it, the township of Yanglin had an area of 86km2 with a population of 31,000 (as of 1995), it had 25 villages,^[1] its villages of 25 were amalgamated to eight in 2016. Yanglin Township was reorganized as the town of Yanglinjie on November 17, 2017.

Subdivisions

align=center colspan=4	Subdivisions of Yanglinjie Town (2016–present)^[2]
align=center colspan=2	villages	align=center colspan=2	former villages
English	Chinese	English	Chinese
align=left rowspan=3	Chengshanzhou	城山舟	Chengshan	城山
Heping	和平
Litang	立塘
align=left rowspan=3	Guqiao	align=left rowspan=3	姑桥	Guqiao	姑桥
Mabang	马塝
Qintian	琴田
align=left rowspan=2	Huaguoyuan	align=left rowspan=2	花果园	Shentang	沈塘
Silong	四龙
align=left rowspan=3	Lanze	align=left rowspan=3	兰泽	Baishui	白水
Fuchong	福冲
Lanze	兰泽
align=left rowspan=3	Shangshu	align=left rowspan=3	尚书	Hongyang	红阳
Shapo	沙陂
Zhangping	张坪
align=left rowspan=4	Wang'an	align=left rowspan=4	王安	Juyun	聚云
Lantian	兰田
Luchu	鲁楚
Wang'an	王安
align=left rowspan=3	Xiyuan	align=left rowspan=3	溪源	Bengshan	崩山
Gutai	谷太
Xiyuan	西源
align=left rowspan=4	Yanglinjie	align=left rowspan=4	杨林街	Baini	白泥
Fuchao	付朝
Longtan	龙潭
Yanglin	杨林

References

29.1067°N 113.3889°W

Notes and References

1. About Yanglin Township, see xzqh.org (2011-06-08)
2. the amalgamation of villages in 2016, see diyitui.com (2016-06-28) or jinciwei.cn (2017-12-01)