Niangxi

27°19′21″N 111°27′19″E / 27.32250°N 111.45528°E / 27.32250; 111.45528 Niangxi Town (Chinese: 酿溪镇; pinyin: Niàngxī Zhèn) is a town and the county seat of Xinshao County in Hunan, China. The town was originally formed as a township, reorganized as a town in 1953.^[1] It is located in the south central Xinshao County, it is bordered by Shuangqing District and Daxiang District to the south, Xintianpu Town (Chinese: 新田铺镇) to the west, Yantang Town (Chinese: 严塘镇) to the north, and Quetang Town (Chinese: 雀塘镇) to the north. The town has an area of 63.5 km² (24.5 sq mi) with a population of 92,299 (as of 2010 census^[2]). Through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016,^[3] the town has 20 villages and 11 communities under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Niangxi Community (Chinese: 酿溪社区).^[4]