Shuangfupu

Shuangfupu Town 双凫铺镇
Town
Shuangfupu Town Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 28°07′49″N 112°17′32″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
County-level city	Ningxiang
Area
• Total	62.9 km2 (24.3 sq mi)
Population	47,000
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	410624
Area code	0731
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	雙鳧鋪鎮
Simplified Chinese	双凫铺镇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shuāngfúpù Zhèn

Shuangfupu (Chinese: 双凫铺镇) is a town in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. It is surrounded by Laoliangcang Town and Hengshi on the west, Yujia'ao Township on the north, Dachengqiao Town and Zifu on the east, and Huitang Town on the south. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 36,374 and an area of 89.5 square kilometres (34.6 sq mi).

Administrative division

The town is divided into seven villages and one community:

• Shuangfupu Community (双凫铺社区)
• Quanjing (泉井村)
• Huilongshan (迴龙山村)
• Maitian (麦田村)
• Yuxin (余新村)
• Hexuan (合轩村)
• Sujiang (粟江村)
• Shuangming Village (双明村)

Geography

The Wei River is known as "Mother River", a tributary of the Xiang River, it flows through the town.

Jindong Reservoir (金洞水库) is the largest reservoir and largest water body in the town.

Economy

The region abounds with iron.

Prunus mume, tobacco and watermelon are important to the economy.

There are several shoe enterprises in the town, such as Jiemei (洁美), Luge (陆戈) and Fuqiang (富强).

Education

There is one senior high school located with the town limits: Ningxiang Fifth Senior High School (宁乡五中).

Culture

Huaguxi is the most influential local theater.

Transportation

Shuangfupu, Ningxiang.

The Provincial Highway S209 (209省道) from Yutan Subdistrict, running through Shuangfupu Town, Hengshi Town, Laoliangcang Town, Liushahe Town, Qingshanqiao Town to Loudi City.

The Provincial Highway S224 (224省道) runs northeast to Meitanba.

The County Road X091 passes across the town east to west.

The County Road X097 travels south to Huitang.

Attractions

Hall of the Great Heroes, Baiyun Temple.

Baiyun Temple is a Buddhist temple on Huilong Mountain (回龙山) built during the Tang dynasty and later destroyed and rebuilt several times. The temple is where Mao Zedong carried out social research in 1917. Gautama Buddha is the main target of worship along with the Three Saints of the West, the Ksitigarbha, and the twenty four Heavens.