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Changde Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Hunan Province , In Chinese [常德市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 430700;
Post Code : 415000;
Phone Area Code :0736
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 湘J
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 430700
Area Coverage: 18190 square kilometers;
Population : 6,010,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Changde:
The adminitrative division form of Changde is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Changde Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Dingcheng District鼎城区Dingcheng QuDistrict
2Wuling District武陵区Wuling QuDistrict
3Jinshi City津市市Jinshi ShiCity
4Shimen County石门县Shimen XianCounty
5Taoyuan County桃源县Taoyuan XianCounty
6Linli County临澧县Linli XianCounty
7Lixian County澧县Lixian County
8Hanshou County汉寿县Hanshou XianCounty
9Anxiang County安乡县Anxiang XianCounty
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Overview



Located in northwest of Hunan, Changde is the gorge place to Changsha, Sichua, Guizhou, Guangdong and three gorges area. It was called Wuling in ancient times, and has been regarded as “the lips and teeth of west Hunan”, “the gorge to Guizhou and Sichuan”.



Water is the sea of Changde City. One third of Dongting Lake is in Changde. The core area is Ping Lake, which is an important international everglade. Here, there are lakes, islands and beaches, with many birds reside here. It is a nice place to relax in nature.



There are many relics here, the most famous of which is Peachblossom Land described by Tao Yuanming, the famous poet in Jin Dynasty. Besides, iron sutra pillar, the pagoda of De Hill, penholder battlements in the city area are provincial key cultural relics. In Huping Hill in Shimen County, there are more than 1000 kinds of precious animals and plants. Dragon-king Cave is a group of caves which can be compared with Yellow-dragon Cave of Wulingyuan. Jiashan Temple in Shimen County was built in Tang Dynasty, which has a holy place for Buddhism. The temple of literature in Li County is the biggest temple of literature in Hunan Province.

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