Ketou Township

Ketou Township (Chinese: 科头乡; pinyin: Kētóu Xiāng) is a township of Xinhua County in Hunan, China. The township was created in 1956 and the township of Ruxi (Chinese: 汝溪乡) was merged to it in 1995.

Ketou Township
科头乡
Township
Ketou Township
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 27°40′08″N 111°16′10″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHunan
Prefecture-level cityLoudi
CountyXinhua County
Area
  Total67.5 km2 (26.1 sq mi)
Population
39,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
417699
Area code0738

The township is located in the southeast of the county, it is bordered by Shangmei Subdistrict to the north, by Fenglin Subdistrict to the northeast, by the town of Shichongkou and Weishan Township to the southeast, by the two towns of Yangxi and Luguan to the west. It has an area of 65.34 km2 (25.23 sq mi) with a population of 43,100 (as of 2017). The town has 19 villages under its jurisdiction in 2017.

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