Tongcheng County
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| Tongcheng County 通城县 | |
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| County | |
  Tongcheng | |
| Coordinates: 29°15′N 113°56′E / 29.250°N 113.933°ECoordinates: 29°15′N 113°56′E / 29.250°N 113.933°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xianning |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Tongcheng (Chinese: 通城; pinyin: Tōngchéng) is the governmental seat and the name of a county in Xianning City, Hubei, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi (to the east) and Hunan (to the south and west) provinces.
Revolutionary History
The Red 16th Army, stationed at the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet annihilated an entire regiment of the Guomindang/Nationalist army here in December 1930, disrupting its planned siege of the Red base.
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