Gaocun

Town and the county seat of Mayang Miao Autonomous County in Hunan, China

Gaocun Town (Chinese: 高村镇; pinyin: Gāocūn Zhèn) is a town and the county seat of Mayang Miao Autonomous County in Hunan, China. The town is located in the mid-northern region of the county, it was reformed to merge Luxikou Township (Chinese: 绿溪口乡), Liping Township (Chinese: 栗坪乡), Gudapo Township (Chinese: 谷达坡乡) and the former Gaocun Town on November 25, 2015, it has an area of 187.6 km² (72.4 sq mi) with a population of 104,300 (as of 2015 end). The town was divided into 37 villages and communities in May 2016,^[1] the seat of local government is at Gaocun.(Chinese: 高村).^[2]

References

^ 麻阳建制村合并情况 (2016-5): mayang.gov (2016-6-3)
^ the area and population of Gaocun Town in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Baojing County on November 30, 2015, see rednet.cn Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (December 4, 2015) 《湖南省民政厅关于同意麻阳县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕79号)