Changtang Town, Anhua County, Hunan Province

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Changtang Town, Anhua, Hunan Province, belongs to Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, located in the east of Anhua County. It borders Dafu Town in the east and southeast, Dafeng Mountain and Xianxi Town in the south, Yixi and Taoxi Town across the stream in the west, Xiaoyan Town in the northwest, and Majitang Town of Taojiang County across the river in the north and northeast, covering an area of 178.61 square kilometers.

From the perspective of historical evolution, it belonged to Guihua Township of Anhua County since the Song Dynasty, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Xianchang Township during the Republic of China. After 1949, it was divided into Anhua District 2, District 7, District 12, Xianxi District, and Dafuping District. Since November 1958, it has been divided into Xianxi Commune, Dafu Commune and Changtang Commune. In October 1961, it belonged to Tongxi, Darong and Changtang Communes. In January 1984, Tongxi Township, Darong Township, and Changtang Township were established respectively. In November 1995, Changtang Township and Tongxi Township were abolished and divided into nine villages of Darong Township. Changtang Township was merged and established in December 1995.

Changtang Town had jurisdiction over 2 communities and 15 administrative villages. The town's people's government was stationed in Linshan Tangchong Community. It was located in the hilly area at the northern end of the Snow Peak Mountain Range. The terrain inclined from west to east. The ground elevation was generally between 150 - 300 meters above sea level. The highest point was Dafeng Mountain, which was 1075 meters above sea level, and the lowest was Luoxi Village, which was 70 meters above sea level. This place had a sub-tropical climate. The rivers in the territory belonged to the Zijiang River system. The largest stream was the Shexi River, and there were also the Yixi River and the Ganxi River. The total length of the river was 87 kilometers, and the river network density was 0.49 kilometers per square kilometer.

In terms of transportation, there are Erguang Freeway, 207 National Road, Xiaoliu County Road, Changda Road and other main roads. Erguang Freeway is 15 kilometers long, 207 National Road is 14.7 kilometers long, 22 kilometers of county road, 101.4 kilometers of rural road and 96 kilometers of hardened road. There are 20 passenger vehicles, with an annual passenger capacity of 100,000 passengers and an annual cargo capacity of 540,000 tons. By the end of 2011, the permanent population of the urban area was 1700. The planned urban area was 2.5 square kilometers, and the built urban area was 1.5 square kilometers. There were two streets in total, with a total length of 3.8 square meters. The average length of the road was 2.1 meters, and the paved area of the road was 91,000 square meters. In addition, Changtang Town was also actively carrying out the work of changing customs, forming relevant management teams and carrying out various publicity.