Lingling, Yongzhou

Lingling District is one of two urban districts of Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, China. It is located on the south of the city proper, and lies to the eastern border of Guangxi. The district is bordered to the north by Dong'an County and Lengshuitan District, to the east by Qiyang County, to the south by Shuangpai County, to the west by Quanzhou County of Guangxi. Lingling District covers 1,962 km2, as of 2015, It had a registered population of 622,400. Lingling District has four subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Xujiajing (徐家井街道).

Administrative divisions

 * 4 subdistricts
 * Chaoyang (朝阳街道)
 * Nanjindu (南津渡街道)
 * Qilidian (七里店街道)
 * Xujiajing (徐家井街道)


 * 7 towns
 * Fujiaqiao (富家桥镇)
 * Huangtianpu (黄田铺镇)
 * Lingjiaotang (菱角塘镇)
 * Shiyantou (石岩头镇)
 * Shuikoushan (水口山镇)
 * Youtingxu (邮亭墟镇)
 * Zhushan (珠山镇)


 * 3 townships
 * Dangdi (凼底乡)
 * Daqingping (大庆坪乡)
 * Shuzipu (梳子铺乡)

Secondary school

 * Hunan Yongzhou No.1 High School

Universities and Colleges

 * Hunan University of Science and Engineering

Notable people

 * Li Da - Chinese Marxist philosopher and President of Wuhan University (1952-1966)
 * Huaisu - Buddhist monk and calligrapher of the Tang dynasty
 * Huang Gai - military general during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China
 * Liu Wen - China's first supermodel