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Hanshou County

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hanshou County

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|汉寿县}}}}

| other_name = Hanshow

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code =

| settlement_type = County

| image_skyline =

| image_map = ChinaChangdeHanshou.png

| map_caption = Location of Hanshou County within Changde

| pushpin_map = China Hunan

| pushpin_label = Hanshou

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hunan

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = People's Republic of China

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Hunan

| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

| subdivision_name2 = Changde

| area_total_km2 = 2023

| population_total = 706300

| population_as_of =

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coordinates_footnotes = {{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hanshou,+Changde,+Hunan/@28.8745944,112.0059659,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x369dae97d1df37bb:0x5ce14b9c7cede0bb |title=Hanshou|access-date=2014-07-02}}

| coordinates = {{coord|28.875|112.006|region:CN-43|format=dms|display=it}}

| elevation_ft =

| elevation_m =

| timezone = China Standard

| utc_offset = +8

| website =

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Hanshou County ({{zh|t=漢壽縣 |s=汉寿县 |p=Hànshòu Xiàn}}) is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Changde prefecture-city. The County is located on the north in Hunan Province and the southeast in Changde City, it borders to the north and the west by Dingcheng District, to the south by Ziyang District of Yiyang City and Taojiang County, and to the east by Yuanjiang and Nan County. It has an area of {{convert|2,091.3|km}} with registered population of 821,266 (as of 2015).{{cite web |url=http://www.hanshou.gov.cn/Category_2768/Index_1.aspx |trans-title=About Hanshou County |script-title=zh:汉寿县人口民族}} It is divided into four subdistricts, 16 towns and three townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Longyang Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-hans|龙阳街道}}).

History

Abundant source of waters and rivers make Hanshou County a productive fish and rice area. Dongting Lake was once the largest lake in China. This changed in the 1950s when the national Chinese government encouraged plantation of rice and built many dams in the lake. The area of Dongting Lake shrank dramatically. Owing to the river network in this district, a land transportation system was underdeveloped. The YuanJiang river splits the county into two parts, the so-called west lake region and the downtown region of Hanshou. Due to this fact, people from west lake region used to take a whole day to come all the way to the downtown because there was no bridge across the river, and cars and travelers have to count on the ferry to cross Yuan Jiang. In 2008, the YuanJiang Grand Bridge was constructed alleviating transportation across the river.

Administrative divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Hanshou County on November 20, 2015 Hanshou County has four subdistricts, 16 towns and three townships under its jurisdiction.Township-level administrative divisions of Hanshou County: According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Hanshou County on November 20, 2015: [http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2015/12/04/3856407.htm rednet.cn (湘民行发〔2015〕53号): 湖南省民政厅关于同意汉寿县乡镇区划调整方案的批复 (November 20, 2015)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230332/http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2015/12/04/3856407.htm |date=December 30, 2016 }}, also see [http://hn.people.com.cn/n/2015/1208/c195194-27267598-4.html people.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407040706/http://hn.people.com.cn/n/2015/1208/c195194-27267598-4.html |date=2017-04-07 }} or [https://web.archive.org/web/20170215131904/http://news.xinhuanet.com/house/cs/2015-12/08/c_1117386721.htm xinhuanet.com: 湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案 (2015-12-08)] They are:

;16 Towns

;3 Townships

;4 Subdistricts

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Hanshou, elevation {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)

|Jan high C = 8.4

|Feb high C = 11.3

|Mar high C = 15.9

|Apr high C = 22.2

|May high C = 26.8

|Jun high C = 29.9

|Jul high C = 33.2

|Aug high C = 32.5

|Sep high C = 28.1

|Oct high C = 22.7

|Nov high C = 17.0

|Dec high C = 11.1

|Jan mean C = 5.0

|Feb mean C = 7.5

|Mar mean C = 11.8

|Apr mean C = 17.7

|May mean C = 22.4

|Jun mean C = 25.8

|Jul mean C = 29.0

|Aug mean C = 28.2

|Sep mean C = 23.8

|Oct mean C = 18.3

|Nov mean C = 12.7

|Dec mean C = 7.3

|Jan low C = 2.6

|Feb low C = 4.8

|Mar low C = 8.8

|Apr low C = 14.4

|May low C = 19.0

|Jun low C = 22.8

|Jul low C = 25.8

|Aug low C = 25.2

|Sep low C = 20.8

|Oct low C = 15.3

|Nov low C = 9.7

|Dec low C = 4.6

|Jan record high C = 23.3 |Jan record low C = -10.6

|Feb record high C = 30.2 |Feb record low C = -4.3

|Mar record high C = 36.0 |Mar record low C = -1.6

|Apr record high C = 35.6 |Apr record low C = 2.3

|May record high C = 36.5 |May record low C = 9.9

|Jun record high C = 38.1 |Jun record low C = 13.2

|Jul record high C = 39.9 |Jul record low C = 18.8

|Aug record high C = 40.4 |Aug record low C = 16.6

|Sep record high C = 38.2 |Sep record low C = 11.0

|Oct record high C = 35.1 |Oct record low C = 4.1

|Nov record high C = 30.8 |Nov record low C = -0.4

|Dec record high C = 25.1 |Dec record low C = -6.3

|year high C= |year low C=

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 68.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 78.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 125.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 155.5

|May precipitation mm = 193.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 203.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 191.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 112.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 87.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 89.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 81.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 44.6

|Jan humidity = 79

|Feb humidity = 79

|Mar humidity = 79

|Apr humidity = 78

|May humidity = 79

|Jun humidity = 82

|Jul humidity = 78

|Aug humidity = 79

|Sep humidity = 80

|Oct humidity = 80

|Nov humidity = 80

|Dec humidity = 77

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 12.2

|Feb precipitation days = 12.6

|Mar precipitation days = 15.6

|Apr precipitation days = 15.5

|May precipitation days = 14.8

|Jun precipitation days = 14.5

|Jul precipitation days = 11.2

|Aug precipitation days = 9.9

|Sep precipitation days = 9.1

|Oct precipitation days = 11.3

|Nov precipitation days = 10.5

|Dec precipitation days = 10.0

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 77.9

|Feb sun = 74.4

|Mar sun = 100.5

|Apr sun = 125.9

|May sun = 148.3

|Jun sun = 140.8

|Jul sun = 203.9

|Aug sun = 200.7

|Sep sun = 148.0

|Oct sun = 127.0

|Nov sun = 113.5

|Dec sun = 100.4

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 24

| Feb percentsun = 23

| Mar percentsun = 27

| Apr percentsun = 33

| May percentsun = 35

| Jun percentsun = 34

| Jul percentsun = 48

| Aug percentsun = 50

| Sep percentsun = 40

| Oct percentsun = 36

| Nov percentsun = 36

| Dec percentsun = 32

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 5.8

|Feb snow days = 3.0

|Mar snow days = 1.1

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.2

|Dec snow days = 2.0

|year snow days =

|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=11 June 2023}}

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Economy

Hanshou has a population of 780,000. Many young people leave the county as migrant workers to south and east coastal areas, e.g. Guangdong, Shanghai, etc., in the hope of finding better jobs and education opportunities for themselves and their next generation. Young children are left at home and often attended by their grandparents.

Agriculture

Hanshou's economy relies mainly on agriculture. Rice, cotton, canola oil, green ramie, Italian aspens, various fishes from the Dongting lake, fleshes are the major products in the county. The settle-in of Zoomlion industrial park is deemed as a milestone for the industry development in this county. It brings as well a large number of jobs to this region. Raw agricultural products are processed by some local companies and exported abroad, for example, onions are cooked and canned to export to Japan by private JiaodeChang, Italian aspens are fabricated by private Guozhen Wooden Co. into shining fire-resistant wedge joint board for house construction in North America. Other state-owned factories such as paper-making company, spinning mill went into bankruptcy several years ago due to environmental pollutions, corruption and low efficiency to compete in the market. Industry in this country is developing gradually with vast configuration change. The eastern part of the county is protected by the state law as a wet land conservation area. Thousands of acres of reeds sprawl across the wet land. Thanks to the enforcement of state law, the ecological system is minimally disturbed by anthropogenic activities in the conservation area and hosts hundreds types of fishes, birds and wild animals. A lot of tourists are attracted to the Western Dongting Lake National Wet Land Park to enjoy the peace and harmony of nature of Dongting Lake.

References

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External links

{{Divisions of Hanshou County, Hunan}}

{{County-level divisions of Hunan}}

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Category:County-level divisions of Hunan

Category:Changde