Lengshuijiang
Lengshuijiang
冷水江市 | |
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Location of Lengshuijiang City within Loudi | |
| Coordinates: 27°41′10″N 111°26′10″E / 27.686°N 111.436°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Loudi |
| Area | |
| 436.28 km2 (168.45 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 48.81 km2 (18.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| 327,279 | |
• Estimate (2017) | 407,000 |
| • Density | 750/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 198,299 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4175XX |
Lengshuijiang (Chinese: 冷水江; pinyin: Lěngshuǐjiāng) is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level city. Located in central Hunan, the city is bordered to the north and west by Xinhua County, to the south by Xinshao County, and to the east by Lianyuan City. Lengshuijiang City covers 439 km2 (169 sq mi). As of 2015, it has a registered population of 370,300 and a resident population of 342,700. The city has four subdistricts, five towns and a township under its jurisdiction. The government seat is Lengshuijiang Subdistrict (冷水江街道).
Lengshuijiang was incorporated as a city in 1960 and was created from parts of Xinhua County. It is a resource-based city with the world's largest antimony mine, which produces more than 50% of the world's antimony.