Tongcheng County

Tongcheng County
通城县
County
Tongcheng
Location of the seat in Hubei
Coordinates: 29°14′43″N 113°49′01″E / 29.2453°N 113.8170°E / 29.2453; 113.8170Coordinates: 29°14′43″N 113°49′01″E / 29.2453°N 113.8170°E / 29.2453; 113.8170
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hubei
Prefecture-level city Xianning
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website www.zgtc.gov.cn/zw/

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 the provinces of Jiangxi (to the east) and Hunan (to the south and west).

History

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.

Administration

Nine towns:[1]

Two townships:

References

  1. ↑ 通城县行政区划 (in Simplified Chinese). Tongcheng County People's Government. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018. 通城县辖隽水、麦市、塘湖、关刀、五里、北港、石南、沙堆、马港9镇，大坪、四庄乡。


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