Yaopi Town | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
Native Name: | 腰陂镇 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaling |
Area Total Km2: | 230 |
Population: | 57,600 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 26.8833°N 113.6408°W |
Pushpin Map: | Hunan |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 0733 |
Yaopi is a former town in the middle east of Chaling County, Hunan, China.
As a historical division of Chaling, Yaopi Commune was created in 1961 from a part of Dongfeng Commune . The commune was reorganized as a township in 1984, the township was reorganized as a town in 1990. In February 2007, Qidi Township and Hengwu Village of the historic Yaoshui Township were merged to Yaopi Town.[1]
Yaopi Town was dissolved on November 20, 2015, while 24 villages and a community of the town were amalgamated to Yaolu Town . The other three villages were merged to Mijiang Subdistrict .[2] [3] [4]