Ningxiang County 宁乡县 |
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County | |
Location in Hunan | |
Coordinates: 28°10′58″N 113°20′26″E / 28.1827°N 113.3405°ECoordinates: 28°10′58″N 113°20′26″E / 28.1827°N 113.3405°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Hunan |
Prefecture-level city | Changsha |
Established | 627 (TangZhenguan) |
Seat | Yutan |
Government | |
• Communist Party Secretary | Tan Xiaoping (谭小平) |
• Chairman of Ningxiang County People's Congress | He Yinghui (贺应辉) |
• County Governor | Zhou Hui (周辉) |
• Chairman of Ningxiang County of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | Yu Yajun (喻亚军) |
Area | |
• County | 2,906 km2 (1,122 sq mi) |
Population (August 2012) | |
• County | 1,368,117 |
• Urban | 300,000 |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Website | http://www.nxgov.com/zfmh/index.html |
Ningxiang County (simplified Chinese: 宁乡县; traditional Chinese: 寧鄉縣; pinyin: Níngxiāng Xiàn; literally: "peaceful home") is a county and the 2nd most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Changsha City. the county is bordered to the north by Heshan District of Yiyang and Taojiang County, to the west by Anhua County and Lianyuan City, to the south by Louxing District of Loudi, Xiangxiang City, Shaoshan City and Yuhu District of Xiangtan,to the east by Yuelu and Wangcheng Districts. Located in the central east of Hunan Province, Ningxiang covers 2,906 km2 (1,122 sq mi) with registered population of 1,393,528 and resident population of 1,218,400 (as of 2014). The county has 4 subdistricts, 21 towns and 4 townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Yutan Subdistrict (玉潭街道).