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¡¡¡¡Hunan, with its area of 210,000 km2, located in the middle of Southern China, is between the north latitude of 24¡ã39¡¯and 30¡ã08¡¯, and between the east longitude of 108¡ã47¡¯and114¡ã15¡¯.
¡¡¡¡The name of Hunan was derived from its geographic site, to the south of Dongting Lake, meanwhile, because Xiang is the largest river in this region, it is also called ¡°Xiang¡± for short.
¡¡¡¡The Northern part of Hunan backs on the Yangtze River and opposites Hubei Province, water transportation is convenient. It is within the opening up and developing zone in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River;
¡¡¡¡Southern Hunan borders Guangdong and Guangxi province, being adjacent to the coastal opening up zone, Hongkong and Macau, and a through container truck can reach Hongkong at the same day;
¡¡¡¡Hunan connects with Jiangxi in the east, with Chongqing and Guizhou in the west. so basically Hunan is positioned between the coastal opening up zone in Southern China and Yangtze Valley which adds to its geographical advantage.
¡¡¡¡Hunan Province is divided into 13 provincially administered municipalities and 1autonomy, its capital is Changsha City., with 66,977,000 populations at present, among which 23,776,800 in city and town and 43,200,200 in countryside. |
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