Wenxing

Wenxing Town (Chinese: 文星镇; pinyin: Wénxīng Zhèn) is a town and the county seat of Xiangyin in Hunan, China. The town was reformed through the amalgamation of Bainihu Township (Chinese: 白泥湖乡), Changkang Town (Chinese: 长康镇), Shitang Township (Chinese: 石塘乡), the former Wenxing Town (Chinese: 文星镇) and Yuanjiapu Town (Chinese: 袁家铺镇) on November 20, 2015. The town is located in the west central Xiangyin County, it is bordered by Miluo City to the west, Jinlong Town and Yuhua Township to the south, Helonghu Town and Jinghe Township to the west, Santang Town to the north. The town has an area of 208.43 km2 (80.48 sq mi) with a population of 223,000 (as of 2015).[1] Through the amalgamation of the village-level divisions in 2016,[2] it was divided into 23 villages and 27 communities,[3] its seat is Xieping Village (Chinese: 谢坪村).

References
  1. According to the result on Adjustment of Township-level Administrative divisions of Xiangyin County on November 20, 2015 / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意湘阴县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（湘民行发〔2015〕58号）, rednet.cn (Dec.4, 2015)
  2. the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, see Xiangyin Weekly (2016-8-31) or gzhphb.com (Dictionarynet)
  3. the sudivisions of Wenxing Town, according to the About Wenxing Town / 文星镇简介, see xiangyin.gov (2018-01-16)
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