Rucheng County

Rucheng County (simplified Chinese: 汝城县; traditional Chinese: 汝城縣; pinyin: Rǔchéng Xiàn) is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chenzhou. Located in the southeastern corner of the province, the county is bordered to the northwest by Yizhang County, to the north by Zixing City, to the northeast by Guidong County, to the east by Chongyi County, to the southeast by Renhua County, and to the southwest by Lechang City. Rucheng County covers an area of 2,400.71 km2 (926.92 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 407,200 and a resident population of 344,400. The county has nine towns and five townships under its jurisdiction, and the county seat is Luyang Town (卢阳镇). Rucheng County is also the home of the Yao people, an ethnic minority accounting for 15.27% of the population. Another local minority is the She people, accounting for 0.24% of the population in the county.