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Jiangyong County

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Prefecture-level city
  
Yongzhou

Postal code
  
4254XX

Population
  
232,599 (2010)

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
1,633 km²

Province
  
Hunan

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Country
  
People's Republic of China

Jiangyong County (simplified Chinese: 江永县; traditional Chinese: 江永縣; pinyin: Jiāngyǒng Xiàn) is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.

Map of Jiangyong, Yongzhou, Hunan, China

Located on the south margin of the province, it is adjacent to the western border of Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northeast by Dao County, to the southeast by Jianghua County, to the south by Fuchuan County of Guangxi, to the west by Gongcheng County of Guangxi, to the souty by Guanyang County of Guangxi. Jiangyong County covers 1,627 km2 (628 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 278,715 and a permanent resident population of 240,900. The county has 6 towns and 4 ethnic townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Xiaopu (潇浦镇).

Nüshu script is a local script understood only by women in Jiangyong County.

References

Jiangyong County Wikipedia