Lanshan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the south margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northern border of Guangdong. Lanshan covers . In 2015, it had a registered population of 400,200 and a permanent resident population of 339,100.the population of Lanshan County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Lanshan County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年蓝山县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): yzcity.gov.cn or yztj.gov.cn The county has eight towns and six ethnic townships of Yao people under its jurisdiction. The county seat and the largest town is Tafeng ().the divisions of Lanshan County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Lanshan County on November 18, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意蓝山县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕26号): rednet.cn, also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com or xinhuanet.com
Geography and climate Lanshan is a mountainous county located in the east of Jiuyi Mountains on the northern side of the middle Nanling Range. The county is bordered to the southwest by Jianghua County, to the northwest by Ningyuan County, to the northeast by Jiahe County, to the east by Linwu County, to the southeast by Lianzhou City of Guangdong. It covers , the county is north to south with west to east.
Lanshan has a humid subtropical monsoon climate with an annual average temperature of , annual rainfall of . There are 69 rivers with drainage area of more than 10 square kilometers or length of more than 5 kilometers, most rivers belong to the Yangtze River system, less to the Pearl River system.地理位置: lsxw.gov.cn or lanshan.gov.cn The county is the source place of the Xiang River, originating from Yegou Mountain () in Zhulin Village () of Xiangjiangyuan Town.湘江源头在湖南蓝山, 湘江干流全长948公里, 流域面积94,721平方公里 - The source stream of the Xiang is in Lanshan, the main river of the Xiang has length of with a drainage basin area of rough : hn.xinhuanet.com or rednet.cn (21 May 2013)
Administrative divisions 8 towns Citangxu () Maojun () Nanshi () Suocheng () Tafeng () Taipingxu () Tushi () Xinyu ()
6 Yao ethnic townships Daqiao () Huiyuan () Jiangdong () Jingzhu () Litou () Xiangjiangyuan ()
Transportation The G55 Expressway runs through the middle land north to south, the G76 Expressway passes through the north of the county west to east, they meet at Citangyu Town () in the north. the two national expressways and the other three Hunan Provincial Highway of S216, S322 and S324 form the main road network connecting the county.
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