Gong'an County is a county in the municipal region of Jingzhou

Jingzhou

Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China. The city is located on the banks of the Yangtze River.Its population is 5,691,707 at the 2010 census whom 1,154,086 in the built up area made of 3 urban districts.-Geography:Jingzhou occupies an area of...

 (荆州市), Hubei

Hubei

' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...

 Province.

Administration

The county oversees 14 towns (镇)

Town (China)

When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

 and two townships (乡)

Townships of the People's Republic of China

Townships formally township level divisions is the basic level of political divisions in China. They are similar to municipalities and communes in other countries and in turn may contain village committees and villages...

 as of 2005. Altogether 60 neighbourhood committees (居委会) and 326 village committees (村委会) come under the county's jurisdiction.
The new county seat for executive, legislative and judiciary

Basic people's court

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 and for the CPC

Communist Party of China

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 and PSB

Public Security Bureau

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 branches, is Douhudi Town (斗湖堤镇) (pop. 131,865).

Gong'an's other towns -

• 　Buhe (埠河镇) (pop. 100,552)
• 　Yangjiachang (杨家厂镇) (pop.,54,402)
• 　Mahaokou (麻豪口镇)　(pop. 63,032)
• 　Jiazhuyuan (夹竹园镇)　(pop. 56,178)
• 　Zhakou (闸口镇)　(pop. 56,754)
• 　Ouchi (藕池镇)　(pop. 46,623)
• 　Huangshantou (黄山头镇)　(pop. 38,388)
• 　Zhangzhuangpu (章庄铺镇)　(pop. 66,622)
• 　Shizikou (狮子口镇) (pop. 67,228)
• 　Banzhudang (斑竹垱镇) (pop. 74,099)
• 　Mengjiaxi (孟家溪镇) (pop. 49,261)
• 　Nanping (南平镇) (pop. 56,505)
• 　Maojiagang (毛家港镇) (pop. 76,440)

Gong'an in the News

In 2009 April the county drew nationwide ridicule after media reported that Gong'an officials had ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs / year of a Hubei brand of cigarette. Departments whose employees failed to buy enough or who bought other brands would be fined.

The officials were undaunted, saying that the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, they relented, posting a short message on their government Web site:

• "We have decided to remove this edict."