Tongcheng County 通城县 |
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Location in Hubei | |
Coordinates: 29°15′N 113°56′E / 29.250°N 113.933°ECoordinates: 29°15′N 113°56′E / 29.250°N 113.933°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Prefecture-level city | Xianning |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Tongcheng (Chinese: 通城; pinyin: Tōngchéng) is the governmental seat and the name of a county in Xianning City, Hubei, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi (to the east) and Hunan (to the south and west) provinces.
The Red 16th Army, stationed at the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet annihilated an entire regiment of the Guomindang/Nationalist army here in December 1930, disrupting its planned siege of the Red base.