Shaoshan

Shaoshan () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xiangtan. Qingxi Town is its seat.

Located on the mid-eastern Hunan and the mid-north of Xiangtan, Shaoshan is bordered by Ningxiang County to the north, Xiangxiang City to the west and southwest, Xiangtan County to the east and southeast. It covers an area of , as of 2015, it has a census registered population of 118,236 and a permanent resident population of 97,800. o
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As the birthplace of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, Shaoshan was an important base during the Chinese Communist Revolution. It is also the birthplace of Mao's Family Restaurant, a restaurant chain that has spread to many other cities. Mao remains a popular figure in the area, and red tourism to Shaoshan and other places related to China's communist background has driven the local economy, while increasing people's understanding of China's revolutionary history.

History

Shaoshan enjoys a long history. As the legend goes, there was once a king named Shundi who happened to pass here during his southward inspection. He was so fascinated with the landscape here that he played the Music of Shao (), which summoned many phoenixes and other birds to accompany him. Thus was Shaoshan named for the Music of Shao. It was under the jurisdiction of the state of Chu in the ancient times.

On December 26, 1990, Shaoshan became a county-level city approved by the State Council.

Names and administrative levels of Shaoshan:
* 1652 (Qing Dynasty): Qidu (), Xiangtan District ()
* 1912 (Republic of China): The Second District (), Xi Township (), Xiangtan County
* December 1932: The Ninth District, Xiangtan County
* 1947: Qingtian Township, Xiangtan County
* January 1950 (People's Republic of China): The Third District, Xiangtan County
* 1951: The Fourth District, Xiangtan County
* August 1, 1955: Yintian District, Xiangtan County
* 1956: Yintian Town, Xiangtan County
* September 1, 1958: Shaoshan People's Commune, Xiangtan County
* May 12, 1961: Shaoshan District, Xiangtan County
* December 1968: county-controlled district status upgraded to regional district (), controlled directly by the province
* December 1981: reverted to be county-controlled
* December 1984: upgraded to county-class district (), controlled by Xiangtan City
* December 26, 1990: Upgraded to county-class city, controlled by Xiangtan City on behalf of the province.

Administrative divisions

After an adjustment of subdistrict divisions of Shaoshan City on 16 November 2015, Shaoshan City has two towns and two townships under its jurisdiction., also see or they are:
;2 towns
* Qingxi, Shaoshan (): Yongyi, Ruyi and the former Qingxi merged
* Yintian, Shaoshan ()
;2 townships
* Shaoshan Township (): Daping and the former Shaoshan Township merged
* Yanglin, Shaoshan ()

Description

Population: the city consists of 100,000 residents, of which 16,000 are non-farmers. The total land area is .

Geography: in the east-central hilly region of Hunan province, the geographical coordinates are longitude 112 ° 23'52 "-112 ° 38'13", latitude 27 ° 51'40 "-28 ° 1'53".

Shaoshan's topography is dominated by Mt. Shaofeng and the Shao and Shishi Rivers, with hills in the west giving rise to a mix of hills and plains in the east. The peak of Mount Shaofeng, 518.5 m above sea level, is the highest point whereas Liumuzhou, 48 m above sea level, is the lowest point of the whole city.

Sister cities

* Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Geography

Climate

References

External links

Official site


Early Pictures of Mao ZeDong in Shaoshan

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Cities in Hunan
Tourist attractions in Hunan
County-level divisions of Xiangtan