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Lingxi, Yongshun

Town in Hunan, People's Republic of China

Lingxi 灵溪镇
Town
29°0′16″N 109°50′53″E / 29.00444°N 109.84806°E / 29.00444; 109.84806
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Xiangxi
County	Yongshun
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Lingxi (Chinese: 灵溪镇; pinyin: língxī zhèn) is a town of Yongshun County, Hunan Province, China, and also the seat of Yongshun County, Hunan, China.

History

Located in the central land of the county, the town was reformed by merging the former Lingxi Town and other four townships in which including Shaoha (Chinese: 勺哈), Daba (Chinese: 大坝), Fuzhi (Chinese: 抚志) and Diaojing (Chinese: 吊井) on November 30, 2015. It has an area of 622.83 square kilometres (240.48 sq mi) with a population of 130,900 (as of November, 2015).^[1] The town is divided into 45 villages and 12 communities.^[2] Its seat is Chengbei Community (城北社区).^[1]

Etymology

Lingxi Town stands in the drainage basin of Lingxi River, it is named after the river. The river is the upper reaches of Niulu River (Chinese: 牛路河), the largest tributary of Mengdong River (Chinese: 猛洞河), and Mengdong River is the largest tributary of You River.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b the divisions of Yongshun County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Yongshun County on November 30, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意永顺县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕113号): rednet.cn or 112seo.com
^ 永顺县人民政府办公室（永政函〔2016〕73号） (08-Jun-16) - 永顺县人民政府关于乡镇建制村合并调整方案的批复, see ysx.gov.cn
^ About Yongshun County - 永顺概况: ysxww.cn (17-Jan-12), hnysgt.gov.cn (02-May-15) Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, 59706.com