Ketou Township
科头乡 | |
|---|---|
  Ketou Township Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 27°40′08″N 111°16′10″E / 27.66889°N 111.26944°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Loudi |
| County | Xinhua County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 67.5 km2 (26.1 sq mi) |
| Population | 39,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 417699 |
| Area code | 0738 |
Ketou Township (Chinese: 科头乡; pinyin: Kētóu Xiāng) is a township of Xinhua County in Hunan, China. The township was created in 1956 and the township of Ruxi (Chinese: 汝溪乡) was merged to it in 1995.[1]
The township is located in the southeast of the county, it is bordered by Shangmei Subdistrict to the north, by Fenglin Subdistrict to the northeast, by the town of Shichongkou and Weishan Township to the southeast, by the two towns of Yangxi and Luguan to the west. It has an area of 65.34 km2 (25.23 sq mi) with a population of 43,100 (as of 2017). The town has 19 villages under its jurisdiction in 2017.[2]
- ^ Li Liguo, ed. (2013). 《中国行政区划大典》 [Dictionary of Chinese Administrative Divisions] (in Chinese). Hangzhou, Zhejaing: People's Publishing House of Zhejiang. ISBN 7-213-01789-6.
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