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Hunan Province |
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China City and Province:
Hunan Province |
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Geography of
Hunan Province |
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Hunan Province is located in the southern part of the middle reaches of
the Yangtze River. Since it lies to the south of Dongting Lake, the
second largest fresh water lake in China, it was given the name Hu-nan
(literally meaning south of the lake). As the Xiangjiang River runs
through the province from north to south, it has been shortened to
Xiang. Hunan has a total area of 211,800 square km. a population of
65 million (2006), and is home to the
Tujia,
Miao,
Yao,
Dong,
Bai,
Hui and
Zhuang ethnic groups. The province governs 12 cities at the prefectural
level, 11 administrative offices and one autonomous prefecture. The
provincial capital is
Changsha.
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Climate of
Hunan Province |
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Hunan is in the continental
sub-tropical monsoon humid climate zone. It has a short winter and a
long frost-free-period. The sunshine lasts for a long period during the
day and the four seasons are clearly distinguished. The annual average
temperature is 16-18
°C
(60.8°F
- 64.4°F),
and the annual average rainfall is between 1,200 and 1,700 mm. The best
tourism season is in fall, but traveling is pleasant from April to
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Brief History of
Hunan Province |
Hunan has a long history, with
abundant products, beautiful scenery and many places of interest. The
historical and cultural cities of
Changsha and Yueyang are located in the
province. Also, there are 25 tourism areas at the State or provincial
level, 22 nature reserves at or above the provincial level, 51 ancient
or memorial buildings and more than 70 relics, ancient tombs or tablet
inscriptions. Hunan is also the home of many famous Chinese, including
Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Hu Yaobang. Lots of tourists come here to
track down their stories.
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Hunan Local Products |
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Hunan is "a land of fish and
rice", teeming with delicacies, fruits and handicrafts of every kind.
Its embroidery is know across the country and the ammonite stone
carvings are famous throughout the world. Both artistic forms have won
favor with tourists. Travels can not only taste the delicious Hunan
dishes, but can also enjoy colorful festivals with minority
nationalities. Various kinds of folk art are demonstrated here.
Hunan -- hometown of former
Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, has become one of the new hot tourist
destinations in China. |
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Places of Interests and Tourist Attractions in
Hunan |
- Hunan -- hometown of former
Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, has become one of the new hot tourist
destinations in China.
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Hunan
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China's
Administrative Divisions |
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4 Municipalities*
23 Provinces:
5 Autonomous Regions***
2 Special Administrative
Regions (SAR)****
Notes:
* Municipalities
are directly under the administration of central government. A
municipality has the same political, economical and jurisdictional
rights as a province;
**Taiwan
Issue:
a result of China's civil
war in late 1940s'. In the earlier years of separation of mainland
China and Taiwan, both sides of China (also called People's Republic
of China "PRC" or "communist China", "red China" , "mainland China")
and Taiwan (also called Republic of China "ROC") claim the legal
sovereignty over China. Mainland China keeps claiming Taiwan as one of
its provinces while Taiwan regards itself as an independent country.)
*** Autonomous Regions was
provincial level administrative division of China, like
province, an autonomous region has its won local government,
but has more legislative rights. Autonomous Region is a
minority entity which has higher population of a particular
minority ethnic group.
**** Special Administrative
Regions (SAR) was established specially designed for solving
Hong Kong and Macao issues and based on the concept of "one country,
two systems", SAR is in a pattern within which two completely
different social systems (socialist system and capitalist system) and
ideologies can coexist, SAR has more autonomous power regulated
clearly by laws, including executive, legislative and independent
judicial power.
The statistics of each administrative division are collected from
official and unofficial publications, updated constantly and for your
reference only.
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