Lianyuan

Lianyuan is a county-degree city and the seventh maximum populous county-level department in Hunan Province, China; it is under the management of Loudi prefecture-degree City. Located at the geographical centre of Hunan, the metropolis is bordered to the north through Anhua and Ningxiang Counties, to the east through Louxing District, to the south by way of Shuangfeng, Shaodong and Xinshao Counties, to the west by way of Lengshuijiang City and Xinhua County. Lianyuan City covers 1,830.01 km2.

As of the 2010 census, it has a registered populace of 1,162,928 and a resident population of 995,712. The city has a subdistrict, 16 cities and a couple of townships underneath its jurisdiction, the authorities seat is Lantian Subdistrict. Dividing elements of 4 counties of Xiangxiang, Anhua, Xinhua and Shaoyang, Lianyuan County became created in February 1952 and named after the location wherein it's far located within the foundation of the Lian River.

The county-degree metropolis of Loudi turned into fashioned with the aid of seven communes from Lianyuan County in January 1961. The county of Lianyuan became reorganized as the city of Lianyuan in 1987. Shuidongdi Town become transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017. The metropolis of Lianyuan covers a place of 1,830.01 km2 with a populace of 894,000. It has 16 towns, 2 townships and a subdistrict below jurisdiction.