Lanshan County

Lanshan is a mountainous county located in the east of Jiuyi Mountains on the northern side of the middle Nanling Range. The county is bordered to the southwest by Jianghua County, to the northwest by Ningyuan County, to the northeast by Jiahe County, to the east by Linwu County, to the southeast by Lianzhou City of Guangdong. It covers , the county is north to south with west to east. Lanshan has a humid subtropical monsoon climate with an annual average temperature of , annual rainfall of . There are 69 rivers with drainage area of more than 10 square kilometers or length of more than 5 kilometers, most rivers belong to the Yangtze River system, less to the Pearl River system. The county is the source place of the Xiang River, originating from Yegou Mountain () in Zhulin Village () of Xiangjiangyuan Town. ==Administrative divisions==

;8 towns • Citangxu () • Maojun () • Nanshi () • Suocheng () • Tafeng () • Taipingxu () • Tushi () • Xinyu () ;6 Yao ethnic townships • Daqiao () • Huiyuan () • Jiangdong () • Jingzhu () • Litou () • Xiangjiangyuan () ==Transportation==

The G55 Expressway runs through the middle land north to south, the G76 Expressway passes through the north of the county west to east, they meet at Citangyu Town () in the north. the two national expressways and the other three Hunan Provincial Highway of S216, S322 and S324 form the main road network connecting the county. == References ==