Dao County

Dao County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.

Located on the southern margin of the province, it is adjacent to the northeastern border of Guangxi. The county borders to the northeast by Shuangpai County, to the east by Ningyuan County, to the south by Jianghua County, to the southwest by Jiangyong County, and to the northwest and the north by Guanyang and Quanzhou Counties of Guangxi. Dao County covers , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 802,800 and a resident population of 624,600.the population of Dao County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Dao County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年道县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): yzcity.gov.cn or yztj.gov.cn The county has 11 towns, four townships and 7 subdistricts under its jurisdiction, and the county seat is Lianxi ().the divisions of Dao County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Dao County on November 16, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意道县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕22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

History Forces of the Taiping Rebellion stopped by Daozhou on their way to Changsha and Wuchang, Hubei. They convinced 20,000 locals to join the rebellion.

The Dao County Massacre of 1967

The 1967 mass killing in Dao County, known as the Dao County Massacre, lasted 66 days from August 13 to October 17, 1967. It resulted in 4,519 dead, of whom 4,193 were killed outright and 326 were forced to commit suicide.《血的神话——公元1967年湖南道县文革大屠杀纪实》（作者: 谭合成） see 65book.com ; 湖南道县“文革”杀人大案揭秘, see news.qq.com ; 文革道县周边大屠杀, see

There are two principal features of this massacre. The first one is that it took place during the Cultural Revolution. The other is that nearly 90 percent of the victims were labeled as "class enemies", i.e., the so-called Black Five Categories (landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, "bad elements," and rightists) and their family members.

Administrative divisions 7 subdistricts Dongmen () Futang () Lianxi () Shangguan () Wanjiazhuang () Xizhou () Yingjiang ()

11 towns Baimadu () Baimangpu () Ganziyuan () Gongba () Meihua () Qiaotou () Qingtang () Shouyan () Simaqiao () Xianglinpu () Xianzijiao ()

1 township Lefutang ()

3 Yao ethnic township Hengling () Hongtangying () Zhangyitang ()

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Transport Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway

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