ABSTRACT
Dongyang county of the present day is somewhat smaller than in the past. In 1985, two of its eastern districts were divided off into a separate county, Pan An, leaving Dongyang with about one-third less territory. Its present area is about 1,740 square km, and its population in 1992 was 761,400. The county is divided into 7 districts (qu), 48 subdistricts (xiang), and 1,270 villages (cun). There are two large towns (zhen)- Wu Ning (the county seat) and Wei Shan, each of which is administered by the county government. Arranged in descending order, county (xian), district (qu), town (zhen), subdistrict (xiang), village (cun) represent the levels of the present rural administrative hierarchy.
