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Gutang, Lianyuan

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Township in Hunan, People's Republic of China

Gutang Township 古塘乡
Township
Gutang Township Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 27°53′43″N 111°38′22″E / 27.89528°N 111.63944°E / 27.89528; 111.63944
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Loudi
County-level city	Lianyuan
Area
• Total	56 km2 (22 sq mi)
Population	23,000
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0738

Gutang Township (simplified Chinese: 古塘乡; traditional Chinese: 古塘鄉; pinyin: Gǔtáng Xiāng) is an rural townshipinLianyuan, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.

The township is divided into 24 villages, the following areas: Gutang Village, Liangyuan Village, Shenjia Village, Xiaojia Village, Tangbian Village, Tangbian Village, Chexi Village, Qunshan Village, Dingjia Village, Shanfeng Village, Shatuo Village, Zhaojia Village, Poshi Village, Wangyan Village, Xin Village, Maitang Village, Dawanli Village, Pingling Village, Luoshan Village, Niubu Village, Chitang Village, Zhulian Village, Fuxin Village, Fengmu Village, and Dahushan Village (古塘村、良院村、申家村、肖家村、塘边村、车溪村、群山村、丁家村、杉凤村、砂托村、赵家村、破石村、望岩村、新村、麦塘村、大湾里村、坪岭村、落山村、牛埠村、池塘村、竹联村、复新村、枫木村、大虎山村).

The Phoenix School for Girls (Chinese: 飞风研修中心) was a non-profit secondary school for girls in rural Poshi Village (破石村) in Gutang. The school was established to address the shortage of educational options for rural girls, who are often denied education due to the cost of tuition. The school is the product of collaborations between the local community and the American Friends Service Committee. The first class graduated in June 2005.^[1]