Yongxin County
Yongxin County is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is located within the Jinggang Mountains under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an. The county was built in the ninth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han dynasty that is, in 204 AD. The name of the county was derived from Great Learning in the meaning of "the sun is forever and the moon is new ".
One of the villages in Yongxin, Sanwan Town, is known for the creation of the 1st regiment of the Chinese Red Army led by Mao Zedong with 1,000 soldiers that fled the Kuomintang after the failed Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927.
Demographics
At the end of 2021, the "Hukou" population of Yongxin County was 523,683, a decrease of 1,478 from the end of the previous year. According to the data of the Seventh National Population Census of the [People's Republic of China|Seventh National Population Census] in 2020, the total resident population of the county was 393,984. Compared with the 475,580 people in the Sixth National Population Census of the [People's Republic of China|Sixth National Population Census], a total of 81,596 people has decreased in ten years, a decrease of 17.16%. In 2021, the birth rate of Yongxin County was 5.47‰, the death rate was 0.55‰, and the natural growth rate was 4.92‰.Geography
Overview
The landforms of the whole territory are dominated by mountains and hills. The terrain is high in the north and south and low in the middle, and slopes from the north and south sides to the middle. The highest peak in the whole territory is Qiushan Mountain, which is 1391 meters above sea level. The county's forest coverage rate is 70.8%.Hydrology
The streams all merge into Heshui River.Climate
The climate of the district is Humid subtropical climate, with long hot summers and mild winters. The annual average temperature is 18.2 °C, the annual average sunshine is 1756.9 hours, the annual average frost-free period is 283 days, and the annual average rainfall is 1530.7 mm.Administrative divisions
At present, Yongxin County has 1 subdistrict, 10 towns and 13 townships. The seat of the county locates at the Hechuan Town.1 subdistrict
- Sanyueping
10 towns
- Hechuan
- Shiqiao
- Longyuankou
- Litian
- Longmen
- Shashi
- Wenzhu
- Buqian
- Huaizhong
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