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Chenzhou Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Hunan Province , In Chinese [郴州市]

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Administrative Division Code : 431000;
Post Code : 423000;
Phone Area Code :0735
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 湘L
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 431000
Area Coverage: 19317 square kilometers;
Population : 4,570,000 persons;
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Current Weather of Chenzhou:
The adminitrative division form of Chenzhou 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 Chenzhou Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Suxian District苏仙区Suxian QuDistrict
2Beihu District北湖区Beihu QuDistrict
3Zixing City资兴市Zixing ShiCity
4Anren County安仁县Anren XianCounty
5Guidong County桂东县Guidong XianCounty
6Rucheng County汝城县Rucheng XianCounty
7Linwu County临武县Linwu XianCounty
8Jiahe County嘉禾县Jiahe XianCounty
9Yongxing County永兴县Yongxing XianCounty
10Yizhang County宜章县Yizhang XianCounty
11Guiyang County桂阳县Guiyang XianCounty
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Overview



The City of Chenzhou in Hunan province has a long history and splendid culture. The Chinese character “郴 (Chen)” , firstly appeared in the old books of Qin Dynasty, means the city hidden in the forest.



Chenzhou city is rich in natural resources. So it is called as “The Hometown of Colored Metal in China”, “The Key Forest in South China”, and “The Energy Base of Hunan Province”.



Its forest coverage accounts for 59.1%, so it is the natural treasure area in South China. There are 100,000 mu virgin forest in Manshan, Yizhang County where the animals from north and south gather, which bring a prestige as “The Second Xishuangbanna”. Now it is a national forest park. Chenzhou is rich in tourism resources. The scenic spots, made up of Mountains, water, caves holes, are beautiful, rare, quiet and attractive to those interested in adventure. Its scenic spots include Su Xian Mountain which is listed as one of the eighteen places of good fortune, Wanhua Cliff which is called The Cave of Wonder in the World, Dongjiang Lake which stores 8.2 billion stere water and is called “Dongting Lake in South China”, and Dongjiang Driftage called the first driftage of ecology tourism in China.

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