Jinshi
金石镇 | |
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  Jinshi Location of the seat in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 26°25′57″N 110°50′49″E / 26.43250°N 110.84694°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoyang |
| County | Xinning County |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Jinshi (Chinese: 金石镇; pinyin: Jīnshí Zhèn) is a town and the seat of Xinning County in Hunan, China.[1] The town was formed through the amalgamation of Feixianqiao Township (Chinese: 飞仙桥乡), Baisha Town (Chinese: 白沙镇) and the former Jinshi Town on December 2, 2015. It is located in the south western Xinning County, it is bordered by Langshan Town (Chinese: 崀山镇) to the south, Huanglong Town (Chinese: 黄龙镇) and Quanzhou County of Guangxi to the east, Gaoqiao Town (Chinese: 高桥镇) and Wantang Township (Chinese: 万塘乡) to the north, Shuimiao Town (Chinese: 水庙镇) to the west.
The town has an area of 422.67 km2 (163.19 sq mi) with a population of 160,300 (as of 2015).[2] Through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, its divisions were reduced to 55 from 85. As of 2018[update], it has seven residential communities, 48 villages, and 6 other areas (including parks, farms, forest area, and research institute) under its jurisdiction.[3][4] Its seat is Liujiajing Community (Chinese: 刘家井社区).[2]
References
- ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：新宁县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
- ^ a b According to the result on Adjustment of Township-level Administrative divisions of Xinning County on December 2, 2015 / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意新宁县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（2015年12月2日 湘民行发〔2015〕120号）, rednet.cn (Dec.4, 2015) Archived 2018-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：金石镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
- ^ the subdivisions of Jinshi Town in 2016, according to the Amalgamation of village-level divisions approved by the Government of Xinning County in 2016 / （2016年）新宁县建制村合并情况, see Langshan.cn (2016-11-1)
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