Shatian Township

Shatian Township

沙田乡
Shatian Township 沙田乡
Township
	Street scenes of Shatian Township.
	Shatian Township Location in Hunan
	Coordinates: 28°03′45″N 112°01′57″E / 28.06250°N 112.03250°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
County-level city	Ningxiang
Area
• Total	74.22 km2 (28.66 sq mi)
Population	35,000
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	410643
Area code	0731
Website	www.nxcity.gov.cn/stx/index.htm
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	沙田鄉
Simplified Chinese	沙田乡
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shātián Xiāng

Shatian Township (Chinese: 沙田乡) is a rural township in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. It is surrounded by Longtian Town and Xiangzikou Town on the west, Huangcai Town on the northeast, Liushahe Town on the southeast, and Qingshanqiao Town on the south. As of the 2000^[update] census it had a population of 28,738 and an area of 74.22 square kilometres (28.66 sq mi).

Administrative division

The Town is divided into six villages:

The township abounds in tea oil and rice wine.^[1]

Hongqi Reservoir (红旗水库; 'Red Flag Reservoir') is the largest body of water in the township.

Chinese chestnut is important to the economy.^[1]

Huaguxi is the most influential form of local theater.

The County Road X210 passes across the township southeast to northwest.

The County Road X106 passes across the township northeast to southwest.

The Huitong Covered Bridge, built in the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911), is a famous scenic spot.^[1]

The Former Residence of He Shuheng, built in 1785, in the 50th year of the Kangxi reign, and the Former Residence of Xie Juezai, built in the late Qing dynasty, are scenic spots in the township.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Huang Haichao; Jiang Hongzhao (2002-09-01). 《宁乡史地》 [History and Geography of Ningxiang] (in Chinese). Hainan: Nanfang Publishing House. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.