Xinning
Xinning ( Chinese 新 宁县 , Pinyin Xīnníng Xiàn ) is a district of the prefecture -level city of Shaoyang in the Chinese province of Hunan . Xinning has an area of 2,812 km² and approx. 580,000 inhabitants (end of 2003). With the transformation of the Shaoyang administrative district into the district-free city of Shaoyang, Xinning became part of its administrative area in 1986.
Administrative structure
At the community level, Xinning consists of eight large communities , eight communities and two nationality communities. These are:
- Greater community Jinshi (金石镇), 79,978 inhabitants (2000), seat of the county government;
- Greater community Shuimiao (水庙镇), 21,252 inhabitants (2000);
- Greater community Langshan (莨山镇), 28,539 inhabitants (2000);
- Baisha municipality (白沙 镇), population 28,152 (2000);
- Large village Huanglong (黄龙镇), 24,973 inhabitants (2000);
- Gaoqiao Municipality (高桥镇), population 36,975 (2000);
- Greater community Huilongsi (回龙寺镇), 72,860 inhabitants (2000);
- Greater community Yidushui (一渡水镇), 39,875 inhabitants (2000);
- Community Feixianqiao (飞仙桥乡), 25,037 inhabitants (2000);
- Wantang municipality (万 塘乡), 25,902 inhabitants (2000);
- Qingjiangqiao Township (清 江桥乡), population 25,222 (2000);
- Anshan Municipality (安 山乡), population 27,264 (2000);
- Fengtian municipality (丰田 乡), 22,996 inhabitants (2000);
- Matouqiao municipality (马头 桥乡), population 47,456 (2000);
- Xuntian municipality (巡 田乡), 23,321 inhabitants (2000);
- Jingwei Township (靖 位 乡), 8,492 residents (2000);
- Huangjin Yao Township (黄金 瑶族乡), population 7,670 (2000);
- Community Malin Yao (麻林瑶族乡), 11,146 inhabitants (2000).
education
Primary schools (selection)
- Jiefang Elementary School (Jǐefàng xǐaoxúe),
- Jingshe Elementary School (Jīngshí xǐaoxúe),
- Gaoqiao Elementary School (Gāoqiáo xǐaoxúe),
- Yancun Elementary School (Yāncūn xǐaoxúe).
Middle and high schools (selection)
- Xinning Middle School No. 1 (Xīnníng yī zhōng),
- Xinning Middle School No. 2 (Xīnníng èr zhōng),
- Xinning Middle School No. 3 (Xīnníng sān zhōng),
- Xinning Middle School No. 4 (Xīnníng sì zhōng),
- Xinning Middle School No. 8 (Xīnníng bā zhōng),
- Gaoqiao Middle School (Gāoqiáo zhōngxúe),
- Yancun Middle School (Yāncūn zhōngxúe).
Attractions
Lang Shan is a mountain worth seeing. The great Chinese poet Ai Qing (艾青) once said: The Guilin landscape is the most beautiful in the world, but the Lang Shan landscape can rival that of the Guilin (桂林 山水 甲天下, 莨 山 风光 赛 桂林).
Web links
- Lang Shan ( Memento from July 23, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 26 ° 26 ' N , 110 ° 51' E