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Chenzhou
Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total population reached 4,581,779 in the 2010 census, 26% of them living in urban areas, 74% of them live in rural areas. History Chenzhou is a historical city dating back from the Qin Dynasty. The area was historically named Guiyang (simplified Chinese: 桂阳; traditional Chinese: 桂陽; pinyin: Guìyáng) Commandery before being renamed to the current name in the year 735 during the Tang Dynasty. The Chinese character 郴, meaning "City in the Forest", uniquely refers to only the area. Known to be popular among the literacy circle of the Tang courts, poets such as Wang Changling, Du Fu, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi and Qin Guan have visited and wrote poems to the natural beauty of the area. According to unsourced claims from Jung Chang and Jon Halliday in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou to the west and Chongqing to the northwest. Its capital and largest city is Changsha, which also abuts the Xiang River. Hengyang, Zhuzhou, and Yueyang are among its most populous urban cities. With a population of just over 66 million residing in an area of approximately , it is China's 7th most populous province, the fourth most populous among landlocked provinces, the second most populous in South Central China after Guangdong and the most populous province in Central China. It is the largest province in South-Central China and the fourth largest among landlocked provinces and the 10th most extensive province by area. Hunan's nominal GDP was US$ 724 billion (CNY 4.6 tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beihu District
Beihu District () is one of two urban districts in Chenzhou Prefecture-level City, Hunan province, China. The district is located in the southwestern part of the city proper. It is bordered to the northeast by Suxian District, to the southeast by Yizhang County, to the south by Linwu County, to the west and northwest by Guiyang County. Beihu District covers , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 389,200 and a permanent resident population of 429,900.the population of Beihu District in 2015, according to oczbeihu.gov/ref> The district has eight subdistricts, two towns and two townships under its jurisdiction. the government seat is Luoxian Subdistrict ().the divisions of Beihu District in 2015, according to , also see oxinhuanet.com/ref> Administrative divisions ;8 subdistricts * Beihu () * Chenjiang () * Luoxian () * Renminlu () * Xiameiqiao () * Yanquan () * Yongquan () * Zengfu () ;2 towns * Huatang () * Lutang () ;2 ethnic townships * Baohe Yao ethnic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qitian Mountains
The Qitian Mountains (), also known as ''Guiyang Mountains'' () are a series of mountains located in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, the smallest one of the Five Ranges in the Nanling Mountains. The Qitan Mountains runs through Beihu District and Yizhang County Yizhang County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chenzhou. Yizhang County covers . As of 2015, it had a registered population of 644,300 and a resident population of 589,400. ... in the southwestern Chenzhou.秦汉时期骑田岭古道之考辩cul.sohu.com (16-May-13) References Ranges of the Nanling Mountains Geography of Chenzhou {{China-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prefecture-level City
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China's prefectural cities were designated as counties as the country's second level division below a province. From 1949 to 1983, the official term was a province-administrated city (Chinese: 省辖市). Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative structure (alongside prefectures, leagues and autonomous prefectures). Administrative chiefs (mayors) of prefectural level cities generally have the same rank as a division chief () of a national ministry. Since the 1980s, most former prefectures have been renamed into prefectural level cities. A prefectural level city is a "city" () and "prefecture" () that have been merged into one consolidated and unified jurisdiction. As such it is simultaneously a city, which is a muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanling Mountains
The Nanling (), also known as the Wuling (), is a major mountain range in Southern China that separates the Pearl River Basin from the Yangtze Valley and serves as the dividing line between south and central subtropical zones. The main range of Nanling Mountains stretch west to east about from Guilin and Hezhou of the eastern Guangxi to Ganzhou of the southern Jiangxi, north to south about from Yongzhou and Chenzhou of the southern Hunan to Qingyuan and Shaoguan of the northern Guangdong; With its branches, the whole mountains run west to east . There are trough basins in the Nanling, the most of the western basins in Nanling Mountains are composed of limestone, where karst regions are located. the most of the eastern basins are made up of red sandstone, where are danxia landform areas. The Nanling are boundaries between the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Jiangxi, and also the cultural boundaries, on the south of the mountains are Lingnan culture area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiyang Leiyang () is a county-level city and the third most populous county-level division in Hunan Province, China. Leiyang is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hengyang. Located on the south of the province, the city is bordered to the north by Hengnan County, to the west by Changning City, to the south by Guiyang and Yongxing counties, to the east by Anren County. Leiyang City covers with registered population of 1,413,913 and resident population of 1,150,241 (as of the 2010 census). The city has six subdistricts, 19 towns and five townships under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Caizichi Subdistrict (). History Leiyang is the hometown of Cai Lun, the inventor of Papermaking technology, one of the Four Great Inventions. It has more than 2,000 years of history as an ancient city named after the ''north of Lei River''. Archaeological excavation proved that as early as the Neolithic Age, people have been lived in the territory of Leiyang. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] |
