Pingjiang County

Pingjiang County 平江县 Pingkiang
County
Location of Pingjiang County within Yueyang
Pingjiang Location of the seat in Hunan
Coordinates: 28°42′07″N 113°34′52″E / 28.702°N 113.581°E / 28.702; 113.581
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Yueyang
Area
• Total	4,114.43 km2 (1,588.59 sq mi)
Population
• Total	951,200
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.pingjiang.gov.cn

Pingjiang County (simplified Chinese: 平江县; traditional Chinese: 平江縣; pinyin: Píngjiāng Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Hunan province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Yueyang.

The county is located on the eastern margin of the province, the Miluo River runs through the county from east to west. It is bordered to the north by Yueyang County, to the west by Miluo City, to the south by Changsha County and Liuyang City, to the east by Xiushui and Tonggu Counties of Jiangxi, to the northeast by Tongcheng County of Hubei.^[1]

Pingjiang County covers an area of 4,114 km² (1,588 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,106,900 and a permanent resident population of 979,300. The county has 19 towns and 5 townships under its jurisdiction. The government seat is Hanchang Town (汉昌镇).^[2]