Tongshan is a county within the Municipality of Xianning

Xianning

Xianning is a prefecture-level city in China's Hubei province. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus".-Geography and climate:Xianning is located in southeastern Hubei province, just south of Wuhan, between the southern bank of the Yangtze River in the north and the Mufu Mountains in the south. It...

, Hubei Province of China.

The county is located along Hubei's mountainous

Mufu Mountains

The Mufu Mountains are a range of mountains located on the border of Jiangxi and Hubei provinces in China.Some maps label the range as 幕埠山, which would be transliterated as Mùbù Shān , but this is apparently is a typo.-References:...

 south-eastern border with Jiangxi. Its best known tourist attraction is the Jiugong Mountain National Park (九宫山风景区).

The county is roughly coterminous with the upper part of the basin of the Fushui River

Fushui River

The Fushui River is a river flowing through Tongshan and Yangxin Counties in the south-eastern part of Hubei Province, China.The river is 196 km long, originating in the Mufu Mountains, and discharges into the Yangtze River. There are a number of dams on the river and its tributaries.The...

, which flows eastward, into the neighboring Yangxin County

Yangxin County, Hubei

Yangxin County is a county within the prefecture-level city of Huangshi in China's Hubei province. It occupies the southern half of the Huangshi "prefecture-level city", bordering on the Jiangxi Province in the south, and with the Tongshan County of the Xianning prefecture-level city in the west...

 and then falls into the Yangtze. A fairly large Fushui Reservoir (Fushui Shuiku) is formed on this river and its tributaries within Tongshan County by a dam that's actually built in Yangxin County, a bit downstream of the county line. There are also a few smaller reservoirs on the Fushui's tributaries.

The county seat is in the town

Town (China)

When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...

 of Tongyang (通羊); as it is customary in China, this location is usually labeled on less-detailed maps simply as "Tongshan County" (通山县) or "Tongshan".

The county is served by China National Highway 106

China National Highway 106

China National Highway 106 is a road from Beijing to Guangzhou.It leaves Beijing at Yuquanying and heads to Gu'an, Bazhou , Kaifeng , Ezhou , and eventually Guangzhou on the south China coast....

 (G106), which joins with G316 near the eastern tip of the county.

Administrative divisions

• Towns (镇)
  Town (China)
  When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...
  
  ：Tongyang (通羊), Nanlinqiao (南林桥), Huangshapu (黄沙铺), Xiapu (or Shapu?) (厦铺), Chuangwang (闯王), Honggang (洪港), Dafan (大畈), Jiugong Shan (九宫山).
• Tonwships (乡)
  Townships of the People's Republic of China
  Townships formally township level divisions is the basic level of political divisions in China. They are similar to municipalities and communes in other countries and in turn may contain village committees and villages...
  
  ：Dalu (大路), Yangfanglin (杨芳林), Cikou (慈口), Yanxia (Yansha?) (燕厦).