Taohong

Taohong 桃洪镇
Town
Taohong Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 27°06′40″N 111°01′37″E / 27.1110°N 111.0270°E / 27.1110; 111.0270
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Shaoyang
County	Longhui County
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Taohong (Chinese: 桃洪镇; pinyin: Táohóng Zhèn) is a town and the seat of Longhui County in Hunan, China. The town was established in 1942^[1] and reorganized through the amalgamation of Shimen Township (Chinese: 石门乡), Yushanpu Town (Chinese: 雨山铺镇) and the former Taohong Town on November 24, 2015.

It is located in the middle part of southern Longhui County, the town is bordered by Hexiangqiao Town (Chinese: 荷香桥镇) and Tantou Town (Chinese: 滩头镇) to the north, by Zhouwang Town (Chinese: 周旺镇) to the west, by Beishan Town (Chinese: 北山镇), Shanjie Township (Chinese: 山界回族乡) and Sangesi Town (Chinese: 三阁司镇) to the south, by Nanyuemiao Town (Chinese: 南岳庙镇) to the west. The town has an area of 263.69 km² (101.81 sq mi) with a population of 202,400 (as of 2015). Through the merging villages and communities in 2016, its subdivisions were reduced to 76 from 139.^[2] As of 2018^[update] it has 60 villages and 16 residential communities under its jurisdiction.^[3] Its seat is Xinlong Community (Chinese: 新隆社区).^[4]