Pingle, Yanling

Township in Hunan, People's Republic of China

Pingle Township

Township

Chinese transcription(s)
• Simplified| 平乐乡
• Traditional| 平樂鄉
• Pinyin| Pingle Xiang

Pingle Township

Location in China

Coordinates: 26°10′13″N 113°49′36″E﻿ / ﻿26.17028°N 113.82667°E﻿ / 26.17028; 113.82667
Country| People's Republic of China
Province| Hunan
City| Zhuzhou
County| Yanling County
Area

• Total| 82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Population

| 15,300
Time zone| UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code| 0733

Pingle (Chinese: 平乐乡; pinyin: Pínglè Xiāng) is a historic township located in the southern east of Yanling County, Hunan, China. The township had 8 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 82 km2 (32 sq mi), as of 2010 census, the township had a population of 2,323, its administrative centre was at Maoping Village (茅坪).[1]

## History[edit]

As a historic division of Yanling, Pingle was originally a part of Dingzhi Township (定治乡) in 1949, the 7th county-controlled district in 1950, Pingle Township (平乐乡) in 1956 and Xingfu Commune (幸福公社) in 1958. Derived from a part of Xingfu Commune, Pingle Commune was created in 1961. it was reorganized as a township in 1984. On November 20, 2015, Pingle, Zhongcun and Longzha three townships were merged to create the new Zhongcun Yao Ethnic Township.[2]

## Cityscape[edit]

The township is divided into 8 villages: Maoping Village, Lefu Village, Mianying Village, Dongping Village, Dongzi Village, Qingshan Village, Jingshan Village, and Xinshan Village.

## References[edit]

1. ^ xzqh.org: Pingle Township / 平乐乡 (Apr. 19 2011) (Chinese / 中文)
2. ^ the divisions of Yanling County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Yanling County on November 20, 2015 《关于同意炎陵县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕57号) rednet (20-Nov-15), zznews.gov Archived 2018-01-20 at the Wayback Machine