Xueshi Subdistrict ( simplified Chinese : 学士街道 ; traditional Chinese : 學士街道 ; pinyin : Xuéshì Jiēdào ) is a subdistrict of Yuelu District in Changsha , Hunan , China. It is historically the territory of Xueshi Township ( 学士乡 ), Wangcheng County in 1994. The subdistrict has an area of 42.28 square kilometres (16.32 sq mi) with a permanent resident population of about 72,000 (as of 2017). The subdistrict has three villages and six communities under its jurisdiction.
39-415: In 589 AD, Linxiang County was renamed to Changsha County , today's Xueshi Subdistrict was part of Changsha County. From the year 1098 AD, Shanhua County ( 善化县 ) was established from Changsha County, by 1912, Shanhua was incorporated into Changsha County, it belonged to Shanhua County . In May 1951, Wangcheng County was established from part of Changsha County and Xueshi Township belonged to
78-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending
117-569: A community (Baihe Community), and four villages of Lianfeng ( 联丰村 ), Xueshi ( 学士村 ), Yujiang ( 玉江村 ) and Dongshanwan ( 东山湾村 ) with an area of 42.28 square kilometers. By 2017, the subdistrict of Xueshi has three villages and six communities under its jurisdiction. Changsha County Changsha County ( simplified Chinese : 长沙县 ; traditional Chinese : 長沙縣 ; pinyin : Chángshā Xiàn ; lit. 'Long sandbar'), commonly known as Xingsha ( Chinese : 星沙 ; pinyin : Xīngshā ; lit. 'Star sandbar'),
156-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in
195-525: A registered population of 743,000 and a permanent resident population of 916,000. The county has 5 subdistricts and 13 towns under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Xingsha Subdistrict ( 星沙街道 ). The origin of the name "Changsha" is lost in antiquity. The name first appeared known in the Yi Zhou Shu in the 11 century BCE during the reign of King Cheng of the Zhou dynasty . A vassal lord from
234-526: Is a county in Hunan Province , China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha . Located in the west portion of Changsha, the county is bordered to the north by Miluo City and Pingjiang County , to the west by Wangcheng , Kaifu and Furong Districts , to the southwest by Yuhua District , and to the southeast and the east by Liuyang City . Changsha County covers 1,756 km (678 sq mi). As of 2015 it has
273-426: Is a provincial first-class protected plant. " Luodai Black Pig " ( Chinese : 罗代黑猪 ) is a national geographical indication protection product, " Jinjing " ( Chinese : 金井茶 ) and " Xiangfeng " ( Chinese : 湘丰茶 ) teas are " China Famous Brands ". The county's forest coverage rate is 43.74%, the forest greening rate is 49.83%, and the total forest accumulation is 4.185 million cubic meters. Changsha County
312-593: Is an administrative center, seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is in use in five countries: Canada , China , Hungary , Romania , and the United States . An equivalent term, shire town , is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions, such as Venezuela . In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below
351-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of
390-649: Is located in the northern part of the Changsha-Hengyang Hilly Basin ( Chinese : 长衡丘陵盆地 ). It is located at the southern end of the Mufu Mountains , Lianyun Mountains ( Chinese : 连云山 ) and the branches of Dalong Mountain ( Chinese : 大龙山 ), and the northern edge of the Zhuzhou Uplift Belt ( Chinese : 株洲隆起带 ). The mountains of Longhua ( Chinese : 龙华山 ) and Wuchuan ( Chinese : 乌川诸山 ) are in
429-556: Is the most developed county in Central China ranking 8th in the Top 100 of counties and county-level cities of China by comprehensive strength in 2020. Changsha County is one of the best developed manufacturing counties and county-level cities in the province, the manufacturing industry is its economic pillar. Changsha's manufacturing engines are construction machinery , automobile and parts , electronics and information. For 2015,
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#1732776504493468-715: The Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), Xiang County was renamed Linxiang County ( Chinese : 臨湘縣 ). Changsha County was formally established with the replacement of the Linxiang County, concurrent with the establishment of the Sui dynasty . Shanhua County ( Chinese : 善化縣 ) was formed from 5 townships of Changsha County and 2 townships of Xiangtan County in 1098 AD during the Song dynasty . Changsha and Shanhua Counties were merged into modern day Changsha County in 1912. Changsha County
507-684: The Revocation of Districts and Amalgamation of Townships ( 撤区并乡 ) in June 1995, the township of Xueshi ( 学士乡 ) was merged into Jiujiang Township, the township of Jiujiang had 23 villages with a total area of 91.8 square kilometers, its seat was in Liqiao Village ( 栗桥村 ). In February 1998, the township of Jiujiang was reorganized into the town of Hanpu. As the Amalgamation of Village-level Divisions ( 村级合并 ) of Wangcheng County in 2004,
546-519: The 4th District of Wangcheng County. As the Revocation of Districts and Amalgamation of Townships ( 撤区并乡 ) in June 1956, the former Pingguan District ( 坪观区 ) was divided into four townships as Xueshi Township. As the Revocation of Townships and Establishment of Communes ( 撤乡建社 ) in October 1958, Xueshi Township was merged into the Pingtang People's Commune ( 坪塘人民公社 ), Wangcheng County
585-567: The Changsha area sent a type of softshell turtle known as "Changsha softshell turtle" ( Chinese : 長沙鼈 ; pinyin : Chángshā biē ) to the Zhou king as a tribute . The present Changsha County was parts of the historic Qianzhong Commandery of Chu state in late Warring States period (481 BC to 221 BC) and the historic Xiang County ( Chinese : 湘縣 ) in Qin dynasty (221 BC–206 BC). During
624-947: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of
663-478: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of
702-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in
741-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for
780-487: The county; The resources of kaolinite in Dinggong and Fulin are abundant. The vast areas of Chunhua , Huanghua , Huangxing , Ganshan and Jiangbei in the central part are sand and shale development areas, which are the main shale mining areas in the territory. Jiangbei and other places in the southeastern part have limestone output. Tungsten, gold and polymetallic deposits in the middle and low mountainous areas at
819-429: The divisions of Hanpu was reduced to 12 (2 communities and 10 villages) from 24 (a community and 23 villages). On June 15, 2008, the town of Hanpu was transferred from Wangcheng County to Yuelu District . On August 3, 2012, the town of Hanpu was officially reorganized to a subdistrict. On January 18, 2013, the former Hanpu Subdistrict was converted to the two subdistricts of Hanpu and Xueshi. The subdistrict of Xueshi had
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#1732776504493858-534: The east, Taojiapai ( Chinese : 陶家排 ) and Tanpenpo ( Chinese : 炭盆坡 ) mountains lie in the south, and the mountains of Yingzhu ( Chinese : 影珠山 ) and Mingyue ( Chinese : 明月山 ) are in the northwest. The mountains of Xingyun ( Chinese : 兴云山 ) and Piaofeng ( Chinese : 飘峰山 ) stand in the north. The Mingyue Mountain in Beishan Town is the highest peak with an elevation of 659 meters above sea level . The terrain gradually tilts from
897-458: The gross domestic product of Changsha County was CN¥ 116.83 billion (US$ 18.76 billion), Of this total, the value added of the manufacturing industry was CN¥82.16 billion (US$ 13.19 billion), shares 70.32 percentage of its GDP. Changsha County is home of the Sany (三一集团), Sunward (山河智能), Broad (远大空调), Zoomlion (中联重科) and forest and paper (泰格林纸) companies. According to preliminary accounting of
936-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of
975-585: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan
1014-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford
1053-652: The junction of the northern part of the territory and Pingjiang County . There is underground hot water resources found in Malinqiao of Lukou Town . There are 10 species of mammals, 48 species of birds and more than 10 species of snakes in the county. Among them, pangolin, civet, monkey face eagle, white pheasant and tiger frog are national second-class protected animals. There are more than 120 kinds of wild medicinal plants and more than 80 kinds of woody plants. Among them, Ginkgo biloba, Eucommia ulmoides and Fujian cypress are national secondary protected plants, and Metasequoia
1092-758: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With
1131-923: The north, east and south to the central and western regions, forming an irregular "dustpan" shape. There are seven types of rock layers in metamorphic rocks, glutenite, limestone, red rock, laterite, sand shale and granite. It is divided into five types of landforms: hillocks, plains, mountains, hills and waters, mainly hillocks and plains. The county is rich in mineral resources. After exploration, it has been found that tungsten, tin, nickel, antimony, bismuth, antimony, cobalt, molybdenum, copper, lead and zinc, gold, silicon, coal, kaolin, limestone, fluorite, granite, monazite sand Wait for more than 20 minerals. 113 mineral deposits have been discovered, including 1 large deposit, 4 medium, 62 small, and 46 minerals. The non-metallic minerals such as brick clay, silica, quartz sand and building stone related to building materials have been exploited, accounting for 80% of all mineral deposits. Most of
1170-458: The other minerals have not been exploited due to their small scale. The mineral resources in the territory are mainly non-metallic minerals such as granite, kaolin and shale for brick and tile. The metal mines are mostly small and mineralized. The northwestern part of the county, Beishan - Qingshanpu - Fulin Towns , is a widely developed granite, which is an important producer of granite minerals in
1209-727: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized
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1248-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of
1287-425: The statistical authority, the gross domestic product of Changsha County in 2017 was 143,110 million yuan (21,196 million US dollars ), up by 11.3 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 7,590 million yuan (1,124 million US dollars), up by 3.1 percent, that of the secondary industry was 91,800 million yuan (13,596 million US dollars), up by 11.6 percent and that of
1326-657: The tertiary industry was 43,720 million yuan (6,475 million US dollars), up by 12.1 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 5.30 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 64.15 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 30.55 percent. The per capita GDP in 2017 was 137,000 yuan (20,291 US dollars). According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Changhsha county on November 19, 2015, Changsha county has 5 subdistricts and 13 towns under its jurisdiction, they are: County seat A county seat
1365-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of
1404-624: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,
1443-573: Was created from part of Pingtang District, the Xueshi Commune still belonged to Pingtang District. In January 1978, Wangcheng County was rebuilt and Xueshi was in the territory of Wangcheng County. In March 1984, the commune of Xueshi was reorganized to a township, the township of Xueshi governed 10 villages of Baihe ( 白鹤 ), Banma ( 斑马 ), Changfeng ( 长丰 ), Chijiang ( 赤江 ), Dongshan ( 东山 ), Juntang ( 均塘 ), Tangxia ( 塘峡 ), Xueshi ( 学士 ), Yuhua ( 玉华 ) and Zhatang ( 渣塘 ). As
1482-573: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government
1521-600: Was formally merged to Changsha County in March 1959 and Pingtang was a district of Changsha County. As administrative divisions of a county, county controlled districts were reorganized in July 1961 and the Pingtang District ( 坪塘区 ) of Changsha County was established, meanwhile the size of the communes was reduced and Xueshi Commune ( 学士公社 ) was formed from Pingtang Commune. In December 1962, Lianhua District ( 莲花区 )
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