Hanshou County
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Hanshou County 汉寿县 |
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 Hanshou
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| Coordinates: 28°52′30″N 112°00′22″E / 28.875°N 112.006°ECoordinates: 28°52′30″N 112°00′22″E / 28.875°N 112.006°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Changde |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Hanshou County (simplified Chinese: 汉寿县; traditional Chinese: 漢壽縣; pinyin: Hànshòu Xiàn) is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Changde prefecture-city. The County is located on the north in Hunan Province and the southeast in Changde City, it borders to the norh and the west by Dingcheng District, the south by Ziyang District of Yiyang City and Taojiang County, the east by Yuanjiang and Nan County, it has an area of 2,091.3 kilometres (1,299.5 mi) with 821,266 of registered population (as of 2015), It is divided into 4 subdistricts, 16 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Longyang Subdistrict (龙阳街道).
Abundant source of waters and rivers make Hanshou County a productive fish and rice area. Dongting Lake was once the largest lake in China. This changed in the 1950s when the national the Chinese government encouraged plantation of rice and built many dams in the lake. The area of Dongting Lake shrank dramatically. Owing to the river network in this district, a land transportation system was underdeveloped. The YuanJiang river splits the county into two parts, the so-called west lake region and the downtown region of Hanshou. Due to this fact, people from west lake region used to take a whole day to come all the way to the downtown because there was no bridge across the river, and cars and travelers have to count on the ferry to cross Yuan Jiang. In 2008, the YuanJiang Grand Bridge was constructued alleviating transportation across the river
According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Hanshou County on November 20, 2015 Hanshou County has 4 subdistricts, 16 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction. they are:
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