title: Pingle, Yanling
text: # Pingle, Yanling
  
  Pingle (Chinese: 平乐乡; pinyin: Pínglè Xiāng) is a historic township located in the southern east of Yanling County, Hunan, China. The township had 8 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 82 $km^2$ (32 sq mi), as of 2010 census, the township had a population of 2,323, its administrative centre was at Maoping Village (茅坪).
  
  ## History
  
  As a historic division of Yanling, Pingle was originally a part of Dingzhi Township (定治乡) in 1949, the 7th county-controlled district in 1950, Pingle Township (平乐乡) in 1956 and Xingfu Commune (幸福公社) in 1958. Derived from a part of Xingfu Commune, Pingle Commune was created in 1961. it was reorganized as a township in 1984. On November 20, 2015, Pingle, Zhongcun and Longzha three townships were merged to create the new Zhongcun Yao Ethnic Township.
  
  ## Cityscape
  
  The township is divided into 8 villages: Maoping Village, Lefu Village, Mianying Village, Dongping Village, Dongzi Village, Qingshan Village, Jingshan Village, and Xinshan Village.
  
  