Cili () is a county in Hunan Province, China under administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiajie. Located in the north of Hunan and the east of Zhangjiajie, Cili County is bordered to the southeast by Taoyuan County, to the south and the southwest by Yongding District, to the west and the northwest by Sangzhi County, to the north and northeast by Shimen County. Cili is also the home of the Tujia people. The County has an area of with 703,452 of registered population and roughly 613,000 permanent population (as of 2015). It is divided into 25 township-level divisions (November 27, 2015), its county seat is Lingyang Town (). Recently a tomb was discovered around Cili that was 2,200 years old. Among the items discovered was a bronze cooking vessel that contained fish. The tomb was that of an ancient senior official . Administrative divisions According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Cili County on November 27, 2015, it has 15 towns and 10 townships (7 of which are ethnic townships of the Tujia people) under its jurisdiction. Its county seat is Lingyang (). they are: 15 Towns Dongyueguan () Erfangping (): formed by merging the former Erfangping () and Jinglongqiao () 2 townships. Gaoqiao, Cili () Guangfuqiao () Jiangya, Cili () Lingxi, Cili (): formed by merging the former Chaoyang Township () and Lingxi Town (). Lingyang, Cili () Longtanhe (): formed by merging the former Jinping Township () and Longtanhe Town (). Miaoshi, Cili () Sanhekou, Cili (): formed by merging the former Guotaiqiao (), Zhuangta () and Sanhekou () 3 townships. Shamuqiao () Tongjinpu () Xiangshi, Cili () Xikou, Cili () Yanbodu (): 6 villages of the former Yichongqiao Township () merging to it. 3 Townships Dongxi, Cili () Nanshanping () Yangliupu () 7 Tujia ethnic townships () Ganyan, Cili (): 14 villages of the former Yichongqiao Township () merging to it. Gaofeng, Cili () Jinyan, Cili () Sanguansi () Xujiafang () Yanghe, Cili () Zhaojiagang () Climate References External links Zhangjiajie County-level divisions of Hunan