Cili County

Cili County
慈利县
County
Cili
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 29°22′44″N 110°57′22″E / 29.379°N 110.956°E / 29.379; 110.956Coordinates: 29°22′44″N 110°57′22″E / 29.379°N 110.956°E / 29.379; 110.956[1]
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hunan
Prefecture-level city Zhangjiajie
Seat Lingyang
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Cili (simplified Chinese: 慈利县; traditional Chinese: 慈利縣; pinyin: Cílì Xiàn) is a county in Hunan Province, China under administration of Zhangjiajie profecture-level City. Located in the north of Hunan and the east of Zhangjiajie, Cili County is bordered to the southeast by Taoyuan County, to the south and the southwest by Yongding District, to the west and the northwest by Sangzhi County, to the north and northeast by Shimen County. Cili is also the home of the Tujia people. The County has an area of 3,492 kilometres (2,170 mi) with 703,452 of registered population and roughly 613,000 permanent population (as of 2015).[2] It is divided into 25 township-level divisions (November 27, 2015), its county seat is Lingyang Town (零阳镇).

Recently a tomb was discovered around Cili that was 2,200 years old. Among the items discovered was a bronze cooking vessel that contained fish. The tomb was that of an ancient senior official .

Administrative divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Cili County on November 27, 2015, it has 15 towns and 10 townships (7 of which are ethnic townships of the Tujia people)under its jurisdiction. Its county seat is Lingyang (零阳镇).[3] they are:

15 Towns
3 Townships
7 Tujia ethnic townships (土家族乡)

Climate

References

  1. Google (2014-07-02). "Cili" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. population of Cili County: according to 2015年慈利县国民经济和社会发展统计公报, also see zjjrs.gov or tjj.zjj.gov
  3. The township-level administrative divisions of Cili were reformed on November 27, 2015, according to 湖南省民政厅关于同意慈利县乡镇区划调整方案的批复 (湘民行发〔2015〕105号), also see people.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08) or xinhuanet.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08)


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