Guiyang County
桂阳县 Kweiyang | |
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Coordinates: 25°45′18″N 112°44′02″E / 25.755°N 112.734°E[1] | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hunan |
Prefecture-level city | Chenzhou |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 4244XX |
Guiyang County (simplified Chinese: 桂阳县; traditional Chinese: 桂陽縣; pinyin: Guìyáng Xiàn) is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the southern part of the province, it is adjacent to the east of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county is bordered to the north by Changning and Leiyang Cities, to the west by Xintian and Jiahe Counties, to the south by Linwu County, to the east by Suxian and Beihu Districts. Guiyang County covers 2,958.3 km2 (1,142.2 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 904,400 and a resident population of 711,700.[2] The county has 17 towns, three subdistricts and two townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Longtan Subdistrict (龙潭街道).[3]