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Hunan

Hunan (湖南) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China. 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 as of 2020 residing in an area of approximately 210,000 km2 (81,000 sq mi), 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, the fourth largest among landlocked provinces and the 10th most extensive province by area.

Hunan
湖南
Province of Hunan
Name transcription(s)
 • Chinese湖南省 (Húnán Shěng)
 • AbbreviationHN / (pinyin: Xiāng)
(clockwise from top)
Map showing the location of Hunan Province
Coordinates: 28°06′46″N 112°59′00″E / 28.11265°N 112.98338°E / 28.11265; 112.98338
CountryChina
Named for,  – lake
, nán – south
"South of the lake"
Capital
(and largest city)
Changsha
Divisions14 prefectures, 122 counties, 1,933 townships (2018), 29,224 villages (2018)
Government
 • TypeProvince
 • BodyHunan Provincial People's Congress
 • CCP SecretaryShen Xiaoming
 • Congress chairmanShen Xiaoming
 • GovernorMao Weiming
 • CPPCC chairmanMao Wanchun
Area
 • Total210,000 km2 (80,000 sq mi)
 • Rank10th
Highest elevation
(Mount Lingfeng)
2,115.2 m (6,939.6 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total66,444,864
 • Rank7th
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
  • Rank13th
DemonymHunanese
Demographics
 • Ethnic compositionHan – 90%
Tujia – 4%
Miao – 3%
Dong – 1%
Yao – 1%
Other peoples – 1%
 • Languages and dialectsChinese varieties:
Xiang, Gan, Southwestern Mandarin, Xiangnan Tuhua, Waxiang, Hakka
Non-Chinese languages:
Xong, Tujia, Mien, Gam
ISO 3166 codeCN-HN
GDP (2021[3])CNY 4.6 trillion
USD 724 billion
$1.1 trillion (PPP)[3] (9nd)
 • per capita¥69,300
$ 10,908 (14th)
$16,618 (PPP)
HDI (2021) 0.762[4]
high · 15th
Websitewww.enghunan.gov.cn
Hunan
"Hunan" in Chinese characters
Chinese湖南
Xiangɣu˩˧ nia˩˧ (fu-lã)
Literal meaning"South of the (Dongting) Lake"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHúnán
Bopomofoㄏㄨˊ   ㄋㄢˊ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhHwunan
Wade–GilesHu2-nan2
IPA[xǔ.nǎn]
Wu
RomanizationWu noe
Xiang
IPAɣu˩˧ nia˩˧ (fu-lã)
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWùh-nàahm
JyutpingWu4-naam4
IPA[wuː˩naːm˩]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôÔo-lâm

Hunan's nominal GDP was US$724 billion (CNY 4.6 trillion) as of 2021, appearing in the world's top 20 largest sub-national economies, with its GDP (PPP) being over US$1.1 trillion.[5][6] Hunan is the 9th-largest provincial economy of China, the fourth largest in South Central China, the third largest in Central China and the fourth largest among landlocked provinces. Its GDP (nominal) per capita exceeded US$10,900 (69,300 CNY), making it the third richest province in the South Central China region after Guangdong and Hubei.[5] As of 2020, Hunan's GDP (nominal) reached 605 billion US dollars (CNY 4.18 trillion),[7][8] exceeding that of Poland, with a GDP of US$596 billion and Thailand, with a GDP of US$501 billion, the 22nd and 25th largest in the world respectively.[9]

The name Hunan literally means "south of the lake".[10] The lake that is referred to is Dongting Lake, a lake in the northeast of the province. Vehicle license plates from Hunan are marked Xiāng (Chinese: ), after the Xiang River, which runs from south to north through Hunan and forms part of the largest drainage system for the province. The area of Hunan was under Chinese rule as far back as 350 BC. Hunan was the birthplace of communist revolutionary Mao Zedong,[11] who became the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the founding father of the People's Republic of China. Hunan today is home to some ethnic minorities, including the Tujia and Miao, along with the Han Chinese, who make up a majority of the population. Varieties of Chinese spoken include Xiang, Gan and Southwestern Mandarin.

The site of Wulingyuan was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.[12] Changsha, the capital, is located in the eastern part of the province; it is now an important commercial, manufacturing and transportation centre.[13] The busiest airports serve domestic and international flights for Hunan, including Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport and Changde Taohuayuan Airport.[14] Hunan is the seat of the Yuelu Academy (later become Hunan University), which is one of the four major academies over the last 1000 years in ancient China.[15] As of 2022, Hunan hosts 130 institutions of higher education, ranking sixth among all Chinese provinces.[16] In 2017, two major cities in Hunan (Changsha and Xiangtan ) ranked in the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research output, as tracked by the Nature Index.[17]

History edit

 
Fenghuang, a traditional town of Hunan

Hunan's primeval forests were first occupied by the ancestors of the modern Miao, Tujia, Dong and Yao peoples. The province entered written Chinese history around 350 BC, when the province became part of the Zhou dynasty. After Qin conquered the Chu in 278 BC, the region came under the control of Qin, and then the Changsha Kingdom during the Han dynasty. At this time, and for hundreds of years thereafter, the province was a magnet for settlement of Han Chinese from the north, who displaced and assimilated the original indigenous inhabitants, cleared forests and began farming rice in the valleys and plains.[18] The agricultural colonization of the lowlands was carried out in part by the Han people, which managed river dikes to protect farmland from floods.[19] To this day, many of the small villages in Hunan are named after the Han families who settled there. Migration from the north was especially prevalent during the Eastern Jin dynasty and the Northern and Southern dynasties periods, when nomadic invaders (Five Barbarians) pushed these peoples south.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Hunan was home to its own independent regime, Ma Chu.

Hunan and Hubei became a part of the province of Huguang until the Qing dynasty. Hunan province was created in 1664 from Huguang, renamed to its current name in 1723.

Hunan became an important communications center due to its position on the Yangzi River. It was an important centre of scholarly activity and Confucian thought, particularly in the Yuelu Academy in Changsha. It was also on the Imperial Highway constructed between northern and southern China. The land produced grain so abundantly that it fed many parts of China with its surpluses. The population continued to climb until, by the nineteenth century, Hunan became overcrowded and prone to peasant uprisings. Some of the uprisings, such as the ten-year Miao Rebellion of 1795–1806, were caused by ethnic tensions. The Taiping Rebellion began in the south in Guangxi Province in 1850. The rebellion spread into Hunan and then further eastward along the Yangzi River valley. Ultimately, it was a Hunanese army (Xiang Army) under Zeng Guofan who marched into Nanjing to put down the uprising in 1864.

 
Invading Japanese soldiers firing across the Miluo River during the Battle of Changsha in World War II

In 1920, a famine raged throughout Hunan and killed an estimated 2 million Hunanese civilians.[20] This sparked the Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927. It was led by Hunanese native Mao Zedong, and established a short-lived Hunan Soviet in 1927. The Communists maintained a guerrilla army in the mountains along the Hunan-Jiangxi border until 1934. Under pressure from the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces, they began the Long March to bases in Shaanxi Province. After the departure of the Communists, the KMT army fought against the Japanese in the second Sino-Japanese war. They defended Changsha until it fell in 1944. Japan launched Operation Ichigo, a plan to control the railroad from Wuchang to Guangzhou (Yuehan Railway). Hunan was relatively unscathed by the civil war that followed the defeat of the Japanese in 1945. In 1949, the Communists returned once more as the Nationalists retreated southward.

In the 1950s General Wang Zhen coerced thousands of Hunanese women into sexual servitude at PLA units in Xinjiang.[21]

As Mao Zedong's home province, Hunan supported the Cultural Revolution of 1966–1976.[citation needed] However, it was slower than most provinces in adopting the reforms implemented by Deng Xiaoping in the years that followed Mao's death in 1976.

In addition to CCP Chairman Mao Zedong, a number of other first-generation communist leaders were also from Hunan: Chinese President Liu Shaoqi; CCP Secretary-generals Ren Bishi and Hu Yaobang; Marshals Peng Dehuai, He Long, and Luo Ronghuan; Wang Zhen, one of the Eight Elders; Xiang Jingyu, the first female member of the CCP's central committee; Senior General Huang Kecheng; and veteran diplomat Lin Boqu. An example of a more recent leader from Hunan is former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji.

Geography edit

Hunan is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, about half way along its length, situated between 108° 47'–114° 16' east longitude and 24° 37'–30° 08' north latitude. Hunan covers an area of 211,800 square kilometres (81,800 square miles), making it the 10th largest provincial-level division. The east, south and west sides of the province are surrounded by mountains and hills, such as the Wuling Mountains to the northwest, the Xuefeng Mountains to the west, the Nanling Mountains to the south, and the Luoxiao Mountains to the east. Mountains and hills occupy more than 80% of the province, and plains less than 20%. At 2115.2 meters above sea level, the highest point in Hunan province is Lingfeng (酃峰).[22][23][24]

The Xiang, the Zi, the Yuan and the Lishui Rivers converge on the Yangtze River at Lake Dongting in the north of Hunan. The center and northern parts are somewhat low and a U-shaped basin, open in the north and with Lake Dongting as its center. Most of Hunan lies in the basins of four major tributaries of the Yangtze River.

Lake Dongting is the largest lake in the province and the second largest freshwater lake of China.

The Xiaoxiang area and Lake Dongting figure prominently in Chinese poetry and paintings, particularly during the Song dynasty when they were associated with officials who had been unjustly dismissed.[25]

Changsha (which means "long sands") was an active ceramics district during the Tang dynasty, its tea bowls, ewers and other products mass-produced and shipped to China's coastal cities for export abroad. An Arab dhow dated to the 830s and today known as the Belitung Shipwreck was discovered off the small island of Belitung, Indonesia with more than 60,000 pieces in its cargo.[citation needed] The salvaged cargo is today housed in nearby Singapore.

Hunan's climate is subtropical, and, under the Köppen climate classification, is classified as being humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with short, cool, damp winters, very hot and humid summers, and plenty of rainfall. January temperatures average 3 to 8 °C (37 to 46 °F) while July temperatures average around 27 to 30 °C (81 to 86 °F). Average annual precipitation is 1,200 to 1,700 millimetres (47 to 67 in). The Furongian Epoch in the Cambrian Period of geological time is named for Hunan; Furong (芙蓉) means "lotus" in Mandarin and refers to Hunan which is known as the "lotus state".[26]

Administrative divisions edit

Hunan is divided into fourteen prefecture-level divisions: thirteen prefecture-level cities and an autonomous prefecture:

Administrative divisions of Hunan
Division code[27] Division Area in km2[28] Population 2010[29] Seat Divisions[30]
Districts Counties Aut. counties CL cities
430000 Hunan Province 210,000.00 65,683,722 Changsha city 36 61 7 18
430100 Changsha city 11,819.46 7,044,118 Yuelu District 6 1 2
430200 Zhuzhou city 11,262.20 3,855,609 Tianyuan District 5 3 1
430300 Xiangtan city 5,006.46 2,748,552 Yuetang District 2 1 2
430400 Hengyang city 15,302.78 7,141,462 Zhengxiang District 5 5 2
430500 Shaoyang city 20,829.63 7,071,826 Daxiang District 3 6 1 2
430600 Yueyang city 14,897.88 5,477,911 Yueyanglou District 3 4 2
430700 Changde city 18,177.18 5,747,218 Wuling District 2 6 1
430800 Zhangjiajie city 9,516.03 1,476,521 Yongding District 2 2
430900 Yiyang city 12,325.16 4,313,084 Heshan District 2 3 1
431000 Chenzhou city 19,317.33 4,581,778 Beihu District 2 8 1
431100 Yongzhou city 22,255.31 5,180,235 Lengshuitan District 2 8 1
431200 Huaihua city 27,562.72 4,741,948 Hecheng District 1 5 5 1
431300 Loudi city 8,107.61 3,785,627 Louxing District 1 2 2
433100 Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture 15,462.30 2,547,833 Jishou city 7 1

The fourteen prefecture-level divisions of Hunan are subdivided into 122 county-level divisions (35 districts, 17 county-level cities, 63 counties, 7 autonomous counties). Those are in turn divided into 2587 township-level divisions (1098 towns, 1158 townships, 98 ethnic townships, 225 subdistricts, and eight district public offices). At the year end of 2017, the total population is 68.6 million.[1]

Urban areas edit

Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities
# City Urban area[31] District area[31] City proper[31] Census date
1 Changsha[a] 2,963,218 3,092,213 7,040,952 2010-11-01
(1) Changsha (new district)[a] 230,136 523,660 see Changsha 2010-11-01
2 Hengyang 1,115,645 1,133,967 7,148,344 2010-11-01
3 Zhuzhou[b] 999,404 1,055,150 3,857,100 2010-11-01
(3) Zhuzhou (new district)[b] 94,326 383,598 see Zhuzhou 2010-11-01
4 Yueyang 924,099 1,231,509 5,476,084 2010-11-01
5 Xiangtan 903,287 960,303 2,752,171 2010-11-01
6 Changde 846,308 1,457,419 5,714,623 2010-11-01
7 Yiyang 697,607 1,245,517 4,307,933 2010-11-01
8 Liuyang 588,081 1,279,469 see Changsha 2010-11-01
9 Chenzhou 582,971 822,534 4,583,531 2010-11-01
10 Shaoyang 574,527 753,194 7,071,735 2010-11-01
11 Yongzhou 540,930 1,020,715 5,194,275 2010-11-01
(12) Ningxiang[c] 498,055 1,166,138 see Changsha 2010-11-01
13 Leiyang 476,173 1,151,554 see Hengyang 2010-11-01
14 Huaihua 472,687 552,622 4,741,673 2010-11-01
15 Liling 449,067 947,387 see Zhuzhou 2010-11-01
16 Loudi 425,037 496,744 3,784,634 2010-11-01
17 Changning 332,927 810,447 see Hengyang 2010-11-01
18 Miluo 321,074 692,080 see Yueyang 2010-11-01
19 Yuanjiang 281,097 666,270 see Yiyang 2010-11-01
20 Zhangjiajie 250,489 494,528 1,478,149 2010-11-01
21 Lianyuan 245,360 995,515 see Loudi 2010-11-01
22 Lengshuijiang 238,275 327,146 see Loudi 2010-11-01
23 Linxiang 225,054 498,319 see Yueyang 2010-11-01
24 Zixing 215,707 337,294 see Chenzhou 2010-11-01
25 Jishou 212,328 302,065 part of Xiangxi Prefecture 2010-11-01
26 Xiangxiang 210,799 788,216 see Xiangtan 2010-11-01
27 Hongjiang 197,753 477,996 see Huaihua 2010-11-01
28 Wugang 187,436 734,870 see Shaoyang 2010-11-01
29 Jinshi 156,230 250,898 see Changde 2010-11-01
30 Shaoshan 27,613 86,036 see Xiangtan 2010-11-01
  1. ^ a b New district established after census: Wangcheng (Wangcheng County). The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.
  2. ^ a b New district established after census: Lukou (Zhuzhou County). The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.
  3. ^ Ningxiang County is currently known as Ningxiang CLC after census.
 
 
Most populous cities in Hunan
Source: China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population[32]
Rank Pop. Rank Pop.
 
Changsha
 
Hengyang
1 Changsha 3,744,300 11 Yongzhou 574,500  
Zhuzhou
 
Changde
2 Hengyang 1,437,900 12 Leiyang 573,000
3 Zhuzhou 1,152,600 13 Loudi 516,800
4 Changde 997,900 14 Ningxiang 472,700
5 Yueyang 892,000 15 Jishou 315,000
6 Chenzhou 842,000 16 Changning 300,000
7 Xiangtan 817,700 17 Wugang 290,000
8 Shaoyang 712,300 18 Liuyang 260,100
9 Yiyang 668,200 19 Liling 247,500
10 Huaihua 624,000 20 Xiangxiang 235,000

Politics edit

 
Young Mao Zedong statue in Changsha

The politics of Hunan is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Hunan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hunan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hunan Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Hunan CCP Party Chief".

Economy edit

As of the mid 19th century, Hunan exported rhubarb, musk, honey, tobacco, hemp, and birds.[33] The Lake Dongting area is an important center of ramie production, and Hunan is also an important center of tea cultivation. Aside from agricultural products, in recent years Hunan has grown to become an important center for steel, machinery and electronics production, especially as China's manufacturing sector moves away from coastal provinces such as Guangdong and Zhejiang.[34]

The Lengshuijiang area is noted for its stibnite mines, and is one of the major centers of antimony extraction in China.[citation needed]

Hunan is also well known for a few global makers of construction equipment such as concrete pumps, cranes, etc. These companies include Sany Group, Zoomlion and Sunward. Sany is one of the world's major players. The city of Liuyang is the world's top center for manufacturing fireworks.[35]

Hunan is the 9th-largest provincial economy of China, the third largest in the Central China region after Henan and Hubei, the fourth largest in the South Central China region after Guangdong, Henan and Hubei and the fourth largest among inland provinces after Henan, Sichuan and Hubei.[5] As of 2021, Hunan's nominal GDP was US$724 billion (CNY 4.6 trillion), appearing in the world's top 20 largest sub-national economies with its GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) being over US$1.1 trillion,[5][6] and its GDP (nominal) per capita exceeded US$10,900 (69,300 CNY), making it the 2nd richest in the Central China region after Hubei and the 3rd richest in South Central China region after Guangdong and Hubei.[5]

As of 2020, Hunan's GDP (nominal) was US$605 billion,[7][8] making it larger than the economies of Poland (the 22nd biggest in the world), Thailand (the 2nd largest in ASEAN), and Nigeria (the largest in Africa).[9]

Historical GDP of Hunan Province for 1952 –present (SNA2008)[36]
(purchasing power parity of Chinese Yuan, as Int'l. dollar based on IMF WEO October 2017[37])
year GDP GDP per capita (GDPpc)
based on mid-year population
Reference index
GDP in millions real
growth
(%)
GDPpc exchange rate
1 foreign currency
to CNY
CNY USD PPP
(Int'l$.)
CNY USD PPP
(Int'l$.)
USD 1 Int'l$. 1
(PPP)
2016 3,155,137 475,007 901,236 8.0 46,382 6,983 13,249 6.6423 3.5009
2015 2,917,217 468,373 821,867 8.5 43,157 6,929 12,159 6.2284 3.5495
2014 2,728,177 444,126 768,414 9.5 40,635 6,615 11,445 6.1428 3.5504
2013 2,483,465 400,999 694,307 10.1 37,263 6,017 10,418 6.1932 3.5769
2012 2,233,833 353,875 629,107 11.4 33,758 5,348 9,507 6.3125 3.5508
2011 1,981,655 306,815 565,299 12.8 30,103 4,661 8,587 6.4588 3.5055
2010 1,615,325 238,618 487,925 14.6 24,897 3,678 7,520 6.7695 3.3106
2009 1,315,627 192,597 416,667 13.9 20,579 3,013 6,517 6.8310 3.1575
2008 1,162,761 167,422 366,016 14.1 18,261 2,629 5,748 6.9451 3.1768
2007 948,599 124,750 314,637 15.1 14,942 1,965 4,956 7.6040 3.0149
2006 772,232 96,870 268,350 12.8 12,192 1,529 4,237 7.9718 2.8777
2005 662,345 80,856 231,670 12.2 10,606 1,295 3,710 8.1917 2.8590
2000 355,149 42,901 130,603 9.0 5,425 655 1,995 8.2784 2.7193
1995 213,213 25,531 78,117 10.3 3,359 402 1,231 8.3510 2.7294
1990 74,444 15,564 43,724 4.0 1,228 257 721 4.7832 1.7026
1985 34,995 11,917 24,966 12.1 626 213 447 2.9366 1.4017
1980 19,172 12,795 12,820 5.2 365 244 244 1.4984 1.4955
1975 11,840 6,366 10.3 239 129 1.8598
1970 9,305 3,780 17.6 211 86 2.4618
1965 6,532 2,653 13.2 170 69 2.4618
1960 6,407 2,603 -1.0 176 71 2.4618
1955 3,583 1,376 18.5 104 40 2.6040
1952 2,781 1,251 86 39 2.2227

Economic and technological development zones edit

  • Changsha National Economic and Technical Development Zone

The Changsha National Economic and Technology Development Zone was founded in 1992. It is located east of Changsha. The total planned area is 38.6 km2 (14.9 sq mi) and the current area is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi). Near the zone is National Highways G319 and G107 as well as Jingzhu Highway. Besides that, it is very close to the downtown and the railway station. The distance between the zone and the airport is 8 km (5.0 mi). The major industries in the zone include high-tech industry, biology project technology and new material industry.[38]

  • Changsha National New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
  • Chenzhou Export Processing Zone

Approved by the State Council, Chenzhou Export processing Zone (CEPZ) was established in 2005 and is the only export processing zone in Hunan province. The scheduled production area of CEPZ covers 3km2. The industrial positioning of CEPZ is to concentrate on developing export-oriented hi-tech industries, including electronic information, precision machinery, and new-type materials. The zone has good infrastructure, and the enterprises inside could enjoy the preferential policies of tax-exemption, tax-guarantee and tax-refunding. By the end of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", the CEPZ achieved a total export and import volume of over US$1 billion and provided more than 50,000 jobs. It aimed to be one of the first-class export processing zones in China.[39]

  • Zhuzhou National New & Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone

Zhuzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was founded in 1992. Its total planned area is 35 km2 (14 sq mi). It is very close to National Highway G320. The major industries in the zone include biotechnology, food processing and heavy industry. In 2007, the park signed a cooperation contract with Beijing Automobile Industry, one of the largest auto makers in China, which will set up a manufacturing base in Zhuzhou HTP.[40]

Demographics edit

 
Ethnic minority-inhabited areas in Hunan
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1912[41] 27,617,000—    
1928[42] 31,501,000+14.1%
1936-37[43] 28,294,000−10.2%
1947[44] 25,558,000−9.7%
1954[45] 33,226,954+30.0%
1964[46] 37,182,286+11.9%
1982[47] 54,008,851+45.3%
1990[48] 60,659,754+12.3%
2000[49] 63,274,173+4.3%
2010[50] 65,683,722+3.8%

As of the 2000 census, the population of Hunan is 64,400,700 consisting of forty-one ethnic groups. Its population grew 6.17% (3,742,700) from its 1990 levels. According to the census, 89.79% (57,540,000) identified themselves as Han Chinese and 10.21% (6,575,300) as minority groups. The minority groups are Tujia, Miao, Dong, Yao, Bai, Hui, Zhuang, Uyghurs and so on.

In Hunan, ethnic minority languages are spoken in the following prefectures.

Religion in Hunan[51][note 1]

  Christianity (0.77%)
  Other religions or not religious people[note 2] (79.04%)

Hunanese Uyghurs edit

Around 5,000 Uyghurs live around Taoyuan County and other parts of Changde.[52][53][54][55] Hui and Uyghurs have intermarried in this area.[56][57][58] In addition to eating pork, the Uygurs of Changde practice other Han Chinese customs, like ancestor worship at graves. Some Uyghurs from Xinjiang visit the Hunan Uyghurs out of curiosity or interest.[59] The Uyghurs of Hunan do not speak the Uyghur language, instead, Mandarin Chinese is spoken as their native language.[60]

Religion edit

The predominant religions in Hunan are Chinese Buddhism, Taoist traditions and Chinese folk religions. According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, 20.19% of the population believes and is involved in ancestor veneration, while 0.77% of the population identifies as Christian.[51] The reports didn't give figures for other types of religion; 79.04% of the population may be either irreligious or involved in worship of nature deities, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, folk religious sects.

In 2010, there are 118.799 Muslims in Hunan[61]

Notable people edit

Being the educational and political in the late Qing Era, Hunan became the center of revolution and reformation, and it was the birthplace of many famous Chinese scholars, politicians, and generals, including the most influential and controversial figure of China in the 20th century, Mao Zedong.

Culture edit

Hunan's culture industry generated 87 billion yuan (US$11.76 billion) in economic value in 2007,[62] and is major contributor to the province's economic growth. The industry accounts for 7.5 percent of the region's GDP.[citation needed]

Language edit

Xiang Chinese (湘语) is the eponymous variety of Chinese spoken in Hunan. There are several varieties of Xiang Chinese, such as New Xiang, Old Xiang, and Hengzhou Xiang. In addition to Xiang Chinese, there are also other dialects and languages present, such as Southwestern Mandarin, Hakka, Waxiang, and Xiangnan Tuhua. Nü shu, a writing system for Xiangnan Tuhua, is used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County and neighboring areas in southern Hunan.

 
Yongfeng chili sauce

Cuisine edit

Hunanese cuisine is noted for its near-ubiquitous use of chili peppers, garlic, and shallots. These ingredients give rise to a distinctive dry-and-spicy (干辣; gānlà) taste,[63] with dishes such as smoked cured ham, and stir-fried spicy beef being prime examples of the flavor.[63]

Music edit

Huaguxi is a local form of Chinese opera that is very popular in Hunan province.

Tourism edit

Located in the south central part of the Chinese mainland, Hunan has long been known for its natural environment. It is surrounded by mountains on the east, west, and south, and by the Yangtze River on the north. For thousands of years, the region has been a major center of agriculture, growing rice, tea, and oranges. China's first all glass suspension bridge was also opened in Hunan, in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park.[64]


 
Panoramic view of Mount Heng

Education and research edit

As of 2022, Hunan hosts 130 institutions of higher education, ranking sixth together with Hubei (130) among all Chinese provinces after Jiangsu (168), Guangdong (160), Henan (156), Shandong (153), and Sichuan (134).[16][66] Hunan is also the seat of 12 adult higher education institutions.[66] Two major cities in Hunan (Changsha and Xiangtan) were ranked in the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research output, as tracked by the Nature Index in 2017.[17] There are three national key universities under Project 985 (Hunan University, Central South University and the National University of Defense Technology) in Hunan, the third highest after Beijing and Shanghai. Hunan Normal University in Changsha is the key construction university of the national 211 Project, and Xiangtan University in Xiangtan is a key university jointly built by Hunan Province and the Ministry of Education and a member of national Project 111. These five national key universities are included in the Double First-Class Universities of Hunan Province.

Hunan University and Central South University are the only two Project 985 universities in Changsha, Hunan to appear in the world's top 200 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.[67][68] Hunan Normal University, the National University of Defense and Technology and Changsha University of Science and Technology located in Changsha, were ranked in the world's top 701 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[68]

Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, the University of South China in Hengyang, Hunan University of Technology in Zhuzhou and Xiangtan University in Xiangtan were ranked in the top 801-900 globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[69][70][71][72] Hunan University of Science and Technology in Xiangtan and Central South University of Forestry and Technology in Changsha were ranked number 988 and number 1429 respectively in the 2022 Best Global Universities by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking.[67][73] As of 2023, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha ranked the best in Central China region and 26th nationwide among Chinese Medical Universities.[74]

National key public universities edit

Changsha City edit

Xiangtan City edit

Provincial key public universities edit

Changsha City edit

Hengyang City edit

Jishou City edit

Loudi City edit

Shaoyang City edit

Xiangtan City edit

Yueyang City edit

Zhuzhou City edit

General undergraduate universities (public) edit

Changsha City edit

Hengyang City edit

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  • Xiangtan Institute of Technology

Yongzhou City edit

Chenzhou City edit

General undergraduate universities (private) edit

Vocational and technical colleges/universities edit

Transport edit

Airports edit

There are several airports in Hunan provinces, including Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport, Changde Taohuayuan Airport, Chenzhou Beihu Airport, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport, Shaoyang Wugang Airport, Yongzhou Lingling Airport, and Yueyang Sanhe Airport. The busiest airports serve domestic and international flights for Hunan, including Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport and Changde Taohuayuan Airport.[14] Notably, as of 2021, Changsha Huanghua International Airport was one of the 50 busiest airports in the world,[75] the 12th busiest civil airport in China, the second busiest in South Central China after Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and the busiest in Central China.[76]

Railways edit

The Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway passes through Hunan.

Sports edit

 
Yiyang Olympic Stadium

Professional sports teams in Hunan include:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The data was collected by the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of 2009 and by the Chinese Spiritual Life Survey (CSLS) of 2007, reported and assembled by Xiuhua Wang (2015)[51] in order to confront the proportion of people identifying with two similar social structures: ① Christian churches, and ② the traditional Chinese religion of the lineage (i. e. people believing and worshipping ancestral deities often organised into lineage "churches" and ancestral shrines). Data for other religions with a significant presence in China (deity cults, Buddhism, Taoism, folk religious sects, Islam, et al.) was not reported by Wang.
  2. ^ This may include:

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External links edit

  •   Hunan travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Hunan Government website
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hu-nan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 892–893.
  • Economic profile for Hunan at HKTDC
  • "History of Hunanese", the first book on the history of Hunanese(Phoelanese) civilization and nation from the perspective of we the hunanese (phoelanese) people.

hunan, other, places, with, same, name, disambiguation, confused, with, henan, province, 湖南, landlocked, province, people, republic, china, located, middle, reaches, yangtze, watershed, borders, province, level, divisions, hubei, north, jiangxi, east, guangdon. For other places with the same name see Hunan disambiguation Not to be confused with Henan Province Hunan 湖南 is a landlocked province of the People s Republic of China 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 as of 2020 update residing in an area of approximately 210 000 km2 81 000 sq mi 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 the fourth largest among landlocked provinces and the 10th most extensive province by area Hunan 湖南ProvinceProvince of HunanName transcription s Chinese湖南省 Hunan Sheng AbbreviationHN 湘 pinyin Xiang clockwise from top Wulingyuan Fenghuang Old Town Yueyang Tower Tianmen Mountain Yuelu AcademyMap showing the location of Hunan ProvinceCoordinates 28 06 46 N 112 59 00 E 28 11265 N 112 98338 E 28 11265 112 98338CountryChinaNamed for湖 hu lake南 nan south South of the lake Capital and largest city ChangshaDivisions14 prefectures 122 counties 1 933 townships 2018 29 224 villages 2018 Government TypeProvince BodyHunan Provincial People s Congress CCP SecretaryShen Xiaoming Congress chairmanShen Xiaoming GovernorMao Weiming CPPCC chairmanMao WanchunArea 1 Total210 000 km2 80 000 sq mi Rank10thHighest elevation Mount Lingfeng 2 115 2 m 6 939 6 ft Population 2020 2 Total66 444 864 Rank7th Density320 km2 820 sq mi Rank13thDemonymHunaneseDemographics Ethnic compositionHan 90 Tujia 4 Miao 3 Dong 1 Yao 1 Other peoples 1 Languages and dialectsChinese varieties Xiang Gan Southwestern Mandarin Xiangnan Tuhua Waxiang HakkaNon Chinese languages Xong Tujia Mien GamISO 3166 codeCN HNGDP 2021 3 CNY 4 6 trillionUSD 724 billion 1 1 trillion PPP 3 9nd per capita 69 300 10 908 14th 16 618 PPP HDI 2021 0 762 4 high 15thWebsitewww wbr enghunan wbr gov wbr cnHunan Hunan in Chinese charactersChinese湖南Xiangɣu nia fu la Literal meaning South of the Dongting Lake TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinHunanBopomofoㄏㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊGwoyeu RomatzyhHwunanWade GilesHu2 nan2IPA xu na n WuRomanizationWu去 noe平XiangIPAɣu nia fu la Yue CantoneseYale RomanizationWuh naahmJyutpingWu4 naam4IPA wuː naːm Southern MinTai loOo lamHunan s nominal GDP was US 724 billion CNY 4 6 trillion as of 2021 appearing in the world s top 20 largest sub national economies with its GDP PPP being over US 1 1 trillion 5 6 Hunan is the 9th largest provincial economy of China the fourth largest in South Central China the third largest in Central China and the fourth largest among landlocked provinces Its GDP nominal per capita exceeded US 10 900 69 300 CNY making it the third richest province in the South Central China region after Guangdong and Hubei 5 As of 2020 Hunan s GDP nominal reached 605 billion US dollars CNY 4 18 trillion 7 8 exceeding that of Poland with a GDP of US 596 billion and Thailand with a GDP of US 501 billion the 22nd and 25th largest in the world respectively 9 The name Hunan literally means south of the lake 10 The lake that is referred to is Dongting Lake a lake in the northeast of the province Vehicle license plates from Hunan are marked Xiang Chinese 湘 after the Xiang River which runs from south to north through Hunan and forms part of the largest drainage system for the province The area of Hunan was under Chinese rule as far back as 350 BC Hunan was the birthplace of communist revolutionary Mao Zedong 11 who became the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the founding father of the People s Republic of China Hunan today is home to some ethnic minorities including the Tujia and Miao along with the Han Chinese who make up a majority of the population Varieties of Chinese spoken include Xiang Gan and Southwestern Mandarin The site of Wulingyuan was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 12 Changsha the capital is located in the eastern part of the province it is now an important commercial manufacturing and transportation centre 13 The busiest airports serve domestic and international flights for Hunan including Changsha Huanghua International Airport Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport and Changde Taohuayuan Airport 14 Hunan is the seat of the Yuelu Academy later become Hunan University which is one of the four major academies over the last 1000 years in ancient China 15 As of 2022 Hunan hosts 130 institutions of higher education ranking sixth among all Chinese provinces 16 In 2017 two major cities in Hunan Changsha and Xiangtan ranked in the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research output as tracked by the Nature Index 17 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Administrative divisions 3 1 Urban areas 4 Politics 5 Economy 5 1 Economic and technological development zones 6 Demographics 6 1 Hunanese Uyghurs 6 2 Religion 7 Notable people 8 Culture 8 1 Language 8 2 Cuisine 8 3 Music 9 Tourism 10 Education and research 10 1 National key public universities 10 1 1 Changsha City 10 1 2 Xiangtan City 10 2 Provincial key public universities 10 2 1 Changsha City 10 2 2 Hengyang City 10 2 3 Jishou City 10 2 4 Loudi City 10 2 5 Shaoyang City 10 2 6 Xiangtan City 10 2 7 Yueyang City 10 2 8 Zhuzhou City 10 3 General undergraduate universities public 10 3 1 Changsha City 10 3 2 Hengyang City 10 3 3 Xiangtan City 10 3 4 Yongzhou City 10 3 5 Chenzhou City 10 4 General undergraduate universities private 10 5 Vocational and technical colleges universities 11 Transport 11 1 Airports 11 2 Railways 12 Sports 13 See also 14 Notes 15 References 16 External linksHistory editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Fenghuang a traditional town of HunanHunan s primeval forests were first occupied by the ancestors of the modern Miao Tujia Dong and Yao peoples The province entered written Chinese history around 350 BC when the province became part of the Zhou dynasty After Qin conquered the Chu in 278 BC the region came under the control of Qin and then the Changsha Kingdom during the Han dynasty At this time and for hundreds of years thereafter the province was a magnet for settlement of Han Chinese from the north who displaced and assimilated the original indigenous inhabitants cleared forests and began farming rice in the valleys and plains 18 The agricultural colonization of the lowlands was carried out in part by the Han people which managed river dikes to protect farmland from floods 19 To this day many of the small villages in Hunan are named after the Han families who settled there Migration from the north was especially prevalent during the Eastern Jin dynasty and the Northern and Southern dynasties periods when nomadic invaders Five Barbarians pushed these peoples south During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Hunan was home to its own independent regime Ma Chu Hunan and Hubei became a part of the province of Huguang until the Qing dynasty Hunan province was created in 1664 from Huguang renamed to its current name in 1723 Hunan became an important communications center due to its position on the Yangzi River It was an important centre of scholarly activity and Confucian thought particularly in the Yuelu Academy in Changsha It was also on the Imperial Highway constructed between northern and southern China The land produced grain so abundantly that it fed many parts of China with its surpluses The population continued to climb until by the nineteenth century Hunan became overcrowded and prone to peasant uprisings Some of the uprisings such as the ten year Miao Rebellion of 1795 1806 were caused by ethnic tensions The Taiping Rebellion began in the south in Guangxi Province in 1850 The rebellion spread into Hunan and then further eastward along the Yangzi River valley Ultimately it was a Hunanese army Xiang Army under Zeng Guofan who marched into Nanjing to put down the uprising in 1864 nbsp Invading Japanese soldiers firing across the Miluo River during the Battle of Changsha in World War IIIn 1920 a famine raged throughout Hunan and killed an estimated 2 million Hunanese civilians 20 This sparked the Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927 It was led by Hunanese native Mao Zedong and established a short lived Hunan Soviet in 1927 The Communists maintained a guerrilla army in the mountains along the Hunan Jiangxi border until 1934 Under pressure from the Nationalist Kuomintang KMT forces they began the Long March to bases in Shaanxi Province After the departure of the Communists the KMT army fought against the Japanese in the second Sino Japanese war They defended Changsha until it fell in 1944 Japan launched Operation Ichigo a plan to control the railroad from Wuchang to Guangzhou Yuehan Railway Hunan was relatively unscathed by the civil war that followed the defeat of the Japanese in 1945 In 1949 the Communists returned once more as the Nationalists retreated southward In the 1950s General Wang Zhen coerced thousands of Hunanese women into sexual servitude at PLA units in Xinjiang 21 As Mao Zedong s home province Hunan supported the Cultural Revolution of 1966 1976 citation needed However it was slower than most provinces in adopting the reforms implemented by Deng Xiaoping in the years that followed Mao s death in 1976 In addition to CCP Chairman Mao Zedong a number of other first generation communist leaders were also from Hunan Chinese President Liu Shaoqi CCP Secretary generals Ren Bishi and Hu Yaobang Marshals Peng Dehuai He Long and Luo Ronghuan Wang Zhen one of the Eight Elders Xiang Jingyu the first female member of the CCP s central committee Senior General Huang Kecheng and veteran diplomat Lin Boqu An example of a more recent leader from Hunan is former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Geography editMain article Geography of Hunan Hunan is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River about half way along its length situated between 108 47 114 16 east longitude and 24 37 30 08 north latitude Hunan covers an area of 211 800 square kilometres 81 800 square miles making it the 10th largest provincial level division The east south and west sides of the province are surrounded by mountains and hills such as the Wuling Mountains to the northwest the Xuefeng Mountains to the west the Nanling Mountains to the south and the Luoxiao Mountains to the east Mountains and hills occupy more than 80 of the province and plains less than 20 At 2115 2 meters above sea level the highest point in Hunan province is Lingfeng 酃峰 22 23 24 The Xiang the Zi the Yuan and the Lishui Rivers converge on the Yangtze River at Lake Dongting in the north of Hunan The center and northern parts are somewhat low and a U shaped basin open in the north and with Lake Dongting as its center Most of Hunan lies in the basins of four major tributaries of the Yangtze River Lake Dongting is the largest lake in the province and the second largest freshwater lake of China The Xiaoxiang area and Lake Dongting figure prominently in Chinese poetry and paintings particularly during the Song dynasty when they were associated with officials who had been unjustly dismissed 25 Changsha which means long sands was an active ceramics district during the Tang dynasty its tea bowls ewers and other products mass produced and shipped to China s coastal cities for export abroad An Arab dhow dated to the 830s and today known as the Belitung Shipwreck was discovered off the small island of Belitung Indonesia with more than 60 000 pieces in its cargo citation needed The salvaged cargo is today housed in nearby Singapore Hunan s climate is subtropical and under the Koppen climate classification is classified as being humid subtropical Koppen Cfa with short cool damp winters very hot and humid summers and plenty of rainfall January temperatures average 3 to 8 C 37 to 46 F while July temperatures average around 27 to 30 C 81 to 86 F Average annual precipitation is 1 200 to 1 700 millimetres 47 to 67 in The Furongian Epoch in the Cambrian Period of geological time is named for Hunan Furong 芙蓉 means lotus in Mandarin and refers to Hunan which is known as the lotus state 26 Administrative divisions editMain article List of administrative divisions of Hunan Hunan is divided into fourteen prefecture level divisions thirteen prefecture level cities and an autonomous prefecture Administrative divisions of Hunan nbsp Changsha Zhuzhou Xiangtan Hengyang Shaoyang Yueyang Changde Zhangjiajie Yiyang Chenzhou Yongzhou Huaihua Loudi XiangxiAut PrefectureDivision code 27 Division Area in km2 28 Population 2010 29 Seat Divisions 30 Districts Counties Aut counties CL cities430000 Hunan Province 210 000 00 65 683 722 Changsha city 36 61 7 18430100 Changsha city 11 819 46 7 044 118 Yuelu District 6 1 2430200 Zhuzhou city 11 262 20 3 855 609 Tianyuan District 5 3 1430300 Xiangtan city 5 006 46 2 748 552 Yuetang District 2 1 2430400 Hengyang city 15 302 78 7 141 462 Zhengxiang District 5 5 2430500 Shaoyang city 20 829 63 7 071 826 Daxiang District 3 6 1 2430600 Yueyang city 14 897 88 5 477 911 Yueyanglou District 3 4 2430700 Changde city 18 177 18 5 747 218 Wuling District 2 6 1430800 Zhangjiajie city 9 516 03 1 476 521 Yongding District 2 2430900 Yiyang city 12 325 16 4 313 084 Heshan District 2 3 1431000 Chenzhou city 19 317 33 4 581 778 Beihu District 2 8 1431100 Yongzhou city 22 255 31 5 180 235 Lengshuitan District 2 8 1431200 Huaihua city 27 562 72 4 741 948 Hecheng District 1 5 5 1431300 Loudi city 8 107 61 3 785 627 Louxing District 1 2 2433100 Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture 15 462 30 2 547 833 Jishou city 7 1Administrative divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizationsEnglish Chinese Pinyin Xiang RomanizationHunan Province 湖南省 Hunan Sheng fu12 nan12 sǝn2Changsha city 长沙市 Changsha Shi c an2 sa11 ṣi32Zhuzhou city 株洲市 Zhuzhōu Shi cy11 c ou11 ṣi32Xiangtan city 湘潭市 Xiangtan Shi ṣi32Hengyang city 衡阳市 Hengyang Shi xǝn12 ian12 ṣi32Shaoyang city 邵阳市 Shaoyang Shi ian12 ṣi32Yueyang city 岳阳市 Yueyang Shi io4 ian12 ṣi32Changde city 常德市 Changde Shi to4 ṣi32Zhangjiajie city 张家界市 Zhangjiajie Shi cia11 kai31 ṣi32Yiyang city 益阳市 Yiyang Shi i4 ian12 ṣi32Chenzhou city 郴州市 Chenzhōu Shi c ou11 ṣi32Yongzhou city 永州市 Yǒngzhōu Shi yn2 c ou11 ṣi32Huaihua city 怀化市 Huaihua Shi fai12 fa31 ṣi32Loudi city 娄底市 Loudǐ Shi ti2 ṣi32Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture 湘西自治州 Xiangxi Zizhizhōu si11 ci31 c i31 c ou11The fourteen prefecture level divisions of Hunan are subdivided into 122 county level divisions 35 districts 17 county level cities 63 counties 7 autonomous counties Those are in turn divided into 2587 township level divisions 1098 towns 1158 townships 98 ethnic townships 225 subdistricts and eight district public offices At the year end of 2017 the total population is 68 6 million 1 Urban areas edit Population by urban areas of prefecture amp county cities City Urban area 31 District area 31 City proper 31 Census date1 Changsha a 2 963 218 3 092 213 7 040 952 2010 11 01 1 Changsha new district a 230 136 523 660 see Changsha 2010 11 012 Hengyang 1 115 645 1 133 967 7 148 344 2010 11 013 Zhuzhou b 999 404 1 055 150 3 857 100 2010 11 01 3 Zhuzhou new district b 94 326 383 598 see Zhuzhou 2010 11 014 Yueyang 924 099 1 231 509 5 476 084 2010 11 015 Xiangtan 903 287 960 303 2 752 171 2010 11 016 Changde 846 308 1 457 419 5 714 623 2010 11 017 Yiyang 697 607 1 245 517 4 307 933 2010 11 018 Liuyang 588 081 1 279 469 see Changsha 2010 11 019 Chenzhou 582 971 822 534 4 583 531 2010 11 0110 Shaoyang 574 527 753 194 7 071 735 2010 11 0111 Yongzhou 540 930 1 020 715 5 194 275 2010 11 01 12 Ningxiang c 498 055 1 166 138 see Changsha 2010 11 0113 Leiyang 476 173 1 151 554 see Hengyang 2010 11 0114 Huaihua 472 687 552 622 4 741 673 2010 11 0115 Liling 449 067 947 387 see Zhuzhou 2010 11 0116 Loudi 425 037 496 744 3 784 634 2010 11 0117 Changning 332 927 810 447 see Hengyang 2010 11 0118 Miluo 321 074 692 080 see Yueyang 2010 11 0119 Yuanjiang 281 097 666 270 see Yiyang 2010 11 0120 Zhangjiajie 250 489 494 528 1 478 149 2010 11 0121 Lianyuan 245 360 995 515 see Loudi 2010 11 0122 Lengshuijiang 238 275 327 146 see Loudi 2010 11 0123 Linxiang 225 054 498 319 see Yueyang 2010 11 0124 Zixing 215 707 337 294 see Chenzhou 2010 11 0125 Jishou 212 328 302 065 part of Xiangxi Prefecture 2010 11 0126 Xiangxiang 210 799 788 216 see Xiangtan 2010 11 0127 Hongjiang 197 753 477 996 see Huaihua 2010 11 0128 Wugang 187 436 734 870 see Shaoyang 2010 11 0129 Jinshi 156 230 250 898 see Changde 2010 11 0130 Shaoshan 27 613 86 036 see Xiangtan 2010 11 01 a b New district established after census Wangcheng Wangcheng County The new district not included in the urban area amp district area count of the pre expanded city a b New district established after census Lukou Zhuzhou County The new district not included in the urban area amp district area count of the pre expanded city Ningxiang County is currently known as Ningxiang CLC after census Most populous cities in Hunan Source China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population 32 Rank Pop Rank Pop nbsp Changsha nbsp Hengyang 1 Changsha 3 744 300 11 Yongzhou 574 500 nbsp Zhuzhou nbsp Changde2 Hengyang 1 437 900 12 Leiyang 573 0003 Zhuzhou 1 152 600 13 Loudi 516 8004 Changde 997 900 14 Ningxiang 472 7005 Yueyang 892 000 15 Jishou 315 0006 Chenzhou 842 000 16 Changning 300 0007 Xiangtan 817 700 17 Wugang 290 0008 Shaoyang 712 300 18 Liuyang 260 1009 Yiyang 668 200 19 Liling 247 50010 Huaihua 624 000 20 Xiangxiang 235 000Politics editMain articles Politics of Hunan and List of provincial leaders of the People s Republic of China nbsp Young Mao Zedong statue in ChangshaThe politics of Hunan is structured in a dual party government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China The Governor of Hunan is the highest ranking official in the People s Government of Hunan However in the province s dual party government governing system the Governor has less power than the Hunan Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee Secretary colloquially termed the Hunan CCP Party Chief Economy editAs of the mid 19th century Hunan exported rhubarb musk honey tobacco hemp and birds 33 The Lake Dongting area is an important center of ramie production and Hunan is also an important center of tea cultivation Aside from agricultural products in recent years Hunan has grown to become an important center for steel machinery and electronics production especially as China s manufacturing sector moves away from coastal provinces such as Guangdong and Zhejiang 34 The Lengshuijiang area is noted for its stibnite mines and is one of the major centers of antimony extraction in China citation needed Hunan is also well known for a few global makers of construction equipment such as concrete pumps cranes etc These companies include Sany Group Zoomlion and Sunward Sany is one of the world s major players The city of Liuyang is the world s top center for manufacturing fireworks 35 Hunan is the 9th largest provincial economy of China the third largest in the Central China region after Henan and Hubei the fourth largest in the South Central China region after Guangdong Henan and Hubei and the fourth largest among inland provinces after Henan Sichuan and Hubei 5 As of 2021 Hunan s nominal GDP was US 724 billion CNY 4 6 trillion appearing in the world s top 20 largest sub national economies with its GDP Purchasing Power Parity being over US 1 1 trillion 5 6 and its GDP nominal per capita exceeded US 10 900 69 300 CNY making it the 2nd richest in the Central China region after Hubei and the 3rd richest in South Central China region after Guangdong and Hubei 5 As of 2020 Hunan s GDP nominal was US 605 billion 7 8 making it larger than the economies of Poland the 22nd biggest in the world Thailand the 2nd largest in ASEAN and Nigeria the largest in Africa 9 Historical GDP of Hunan Province for 1952 present SNA2008 36 purchasing power parity of Chinese Yuan as Int l dollar based on IMF WEO October 2017 37 year GDP GDP per capita GDPpc based on mid year population Reference indexGDP in millions realgrowth GDPpc exchange rate1 foreign currency to CNYCNY USD PPP Int l CNY USD PPP Int l USD 1 Int l 1 PPP 2016 3 155 137 475 007 901 236 8 0 46 382 6 983 13 249 6 6423 3 50092015 2 917 217 468 373 821 867 8 5 43 157 6 929 12 159 6 2284 3 54952014 2 728 177 444 126 768 414 9 5 40 635 6 615 11 445 6 1428 3 55042013 2 483 465 400 999 694 307 10 1 37 263 6 017 10 418 6 1932 3 57692012 2 233 833 353 875 629 107 11 4 33 758 5 348 9 507 6 3125 3 55082011 1 981 655 306 815 565 299 12 8 30 103 4 661 8 587 6 4588 3 50552010 1 615 325 238 618 487 925 14 6 24 897 3 678 7 520 6 7695 3 31062009 1 315 627 192 597 416 667 13 9 20 579 3 013 6 517 6 8310 3 15752008 1 162 761 167 422 366 016 14 1 18 261 2 629 5 748 6 9451 3 17682007 948 599 124 750 314 637 15 1 14 942 1 965 4 956 7 6040 3 01492006 772 232 96 870 268 350 12 8 12 192 1 529 4 237 7 9718 2 87772005 662 345 80 856 231 670 12 2 10 606 1 295 3 710 8 1917 2 85902000 355 149 42 901 130 603 9 0 5 425 655 1 995 8 2784 2 71931995 213 213 25 531 78 117 10 3 3 359 402 1 231 8 3510 2 72941990 74 444 15 564 43 724 4 0 1 228 257 721 4 7832 1 70261985 34 995 11 917 24 966 12 1 626 213 447 2 9366 1 40171980 19 172 12 795 12 820 5 2 365 244 244 1 4984 1 49551975 11 840 6 366 10 3 239 129 1 85981970 9 305 3 780 17 6 211 86 2 46181965 6 532 2 653 13 2 170 69 2 46181960 6 407 2 603 1 0 176 71 2 46181955 3 583 1 376 18 5 104 40 2 60401952 2 781 1 251 86 39 2 2227Economic and technological development zones edit Changsha National Economic and Technical Development ZoneThe Changsha National Economic and Technology Development Zone was founded in 1992 It is located east of Changsha The total planned area is 38 6 km2 14 9 sq mi and the current area is 14 km2 5 4 sq mi Near the zone is National Highways G319 and G107 as well as Jingzhu Highway Besides that it is very close to the downtown and the railway station The distance between the zone and the airport is 8 km 5 0 mi The major industries in the zone include high tech industry biology project technology and new material industry 38 Changsha National New amp Hi Tech Industrial Development Zone Chenzhou Export Processing ZoneApproved by the State Council Chenzhou Export processing Zone CEPZ was established in 2005 and is the only export processing zone in Hunan province The scheduled production area of CEPZ covers 3km2 The industrial positioning of CEPZ is to concentrate on developing export oriented hi tech industries including electronic information precision machinery and new type materials The zone has good infrastructure and the enterprises inside could enjoy the preferential policies of tax exemption tax guarantee and tax refunding By the end of the Eleventh Five Year Plan the CEPZ achieved a total export and import volume of over US 1 billion and provided more than 50 000 jobs It aimed to be one of the first class export processing zones in China 39 Zhuzhou National New amp Hi Tech Industrial Development ZoneZhuzhou Hi Tech Industrial Development Zone was founded in 1992 Its total planned area is 35 km2 14 sq mi It is very close to National Highway G320 The major industries in the zone include biotechnology food processing and heavy industry In 2007 the park signed a cooperation contract with Beijing Automobile Industry one of the largest auto makers in China which will set up a manufacturing base in Zhuzhou HTP 40 Demographics edit nbsp Ethnic minority inhabited areas in HunanHistorical populationYearPop 1912 41 27 617 000 1928 42 31 501 000 14 1 1936 37 43 28 294 000 10 2 1947 44 25 558 000 9 7 1954 45 33 226 954 30 0 1964 46 37 182 286 11 9 1982 47 54 008 851 45 3 1990 48 60 659 754 12 3 2000 49 63 274 173 4 3 2010 50 65 683 722 3 8 As of the 2000 census the population of Hunan is 64 400 700 consisting of forty one ethnic groups Its population grew 6 17 3 742 700 from its 1990 levels According to the census 89 79 57 540 000 identified themselves as Han Chinese and 10 21 6 575 300 as minority groups The minority groups are Tujia Miao Dong Yao Bai Hui Zhuang Uyghurs and so on In Hunan ethnic minority languages are spoken in the following prefectures Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qo Xiong language Tujia language Huaihua Qo Xiong language Dong language Hm Nai language Hmu language Shaoyang Maojia language Hm Nai language Pa Hng language Yongzhou Mien language Biao Min language Chenzhou Dzao Min languageReligion in Hunan 51 note 1 Chinese Buddhism Taoist traditions and Chinese folk religions 20 19 Christianity 0 77 Other religions or not religious people note 2 79 04 Hunanese Uyghurs edit Around 5 000 Uyghurs live around Taoyuan County and other parts of Changde 52 53 54 55 Hui and Uyghurs have intermarried in this area 56 57 58 In addition to eating pork the Uygurs of Changde practice other Han Chinese customs like ancestor worship at graves Some Uyghurs from Xinjiang visit the Hunan Uyghurs out of curiosity or interest 59 The Uyghurs of Hunan do not speak the Uyghur language instead Mandarin Chinese is spoken as their native language 60 Religion edit See also Christianity in Hunan The predominant religions in Hunan are Chinese Buddhism Taoist traditions and Chinese folk religions According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009 20 19 of the population believes and is involved in ancestor veneration while 0 77 of the population identifies as Christian 51 The reports didn t give figures for other types of religion 79 04 of the population may be either irreligious or involved in worship of nature deities Buddhism Confucianism Taoism folk religious sects In 2010 there are 118 799 Muslims in Hunan 61 nbsp Puguang Buddhist Temple in Zhangjiajie nbsp Temple of Confucius in Liuyang nbsp An ancestral shrine in the province Notable people editSee also Category People from Hunan Being the educational and political in the late Qing Era Hunan became the center of revolution and reformation and it was the birthplace of many famous Chinese scholars politicians and generals including the most influential and controversial figure of China in the 20th century Mao Zedong Zhou Dunyi 1017 1073 Chinese scholar and philosopher Wang Fuzhi 1619 1692 Chinese essayist historian and philosopher of the late Ming early Qing dynasties Zeng Guofan 1811 1872 Zuo Zongtang 1812 1885 or General Tso Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty Taqibu 1816 1855 Huang Xing 1874 1916 Cai E 1882 1916 Chinese revolutionary leader General and Governor of Yunnan 1911 1913 Jiang Xiaowan 1922 interpreter Mao Zedong 1893 1976 He Long 1896 1969 Peng Dehuai 1898 1974 Liu Shaoqi 1898 1969 Ma Ying jeou born 1950 Yuet ching Lee 1918 1997 Hong Kong actress citation needed Ted Hui born 1982 Hong Kong politician citation needed Martin Cao born 1993 racing driver Zhou Chengzhou born 1982 Chinese film director and artistCulture editMain article Culture of HunanHunan s culture industry generated 87 billion yuan US 11 76 billion in economic value in 2007 62 and is major contributor to the province s economic growth The industry accounts for 7 5 percent of the region s GDP citation needed Language edit Xiang Chinese 湘语 is the eponymous variety of Chinese spoken in Hunan There are several varieties of Xiang Chinese such as New Xiang Old Xiang and Hengzhou Xiang In addition to Xiang Chinese there are also other dialects and languages present such as Southwestern Mandarin Hakka Waxiang and Xiangnan Tuhua Nu shu a writing system for Xiangnan Tuhua is used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County and neighboring areas in southern Hunan nbsp Yongfeng chili sauceCuisine edit Hunanese cuisine is noted for its near ubiquitous use of chili peppers garlic and shallots These ingredients give rise to a distinctive dry and spicy 干辣 ganla taste 63 with dishes such as smoked cured ham and stir fried spicy beef being prime examples of the flavor 63 Music edit Huaguxi is a local form of Chinese opera that is very popular in Hunan province Tourism editLocated in the south central part of the Chinese mainland Hunan has long been known for its natural environment It is surrounded by mountains on the east west and south and by the Yangtze River on the north For thousands of years the region has been a major center of agriculture growing rice tea and oranges China s first all glass suspension bridge was also opened in Hunan in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park 64 Wulingyuan is a World Heritage Site and a 5A Scenic Area Located in south central Hunan Wulingyuan is noted for its thousands of quartzite sandstone pillars caves and waterfalls The area also contains Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Shaoshan County known for being the birthplace of Mao Zedong Yueyang Tower on the shores of Lake Dongting was built in the Han and Jin dynasties and has existed in its current state since the Qing Dynasty Alongside the Pavilion of Prince Teng and Yellow Crane Tower it is one of the Three Great Towers of Jiangnan Mount Heng in Hengyang is one of the Five Great Mountains of China and is home to the largest temple in southern China Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Prefecture has been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List for its ancient town Fenghuang is known for its incorporation of mountain features and water flow into city design and the ancient syncretism between the local Han and Miao cultures 65 nbsp Panoramic view of Mount HengEducation and research editSee also List of universities and colleges in HunanAs of 2022 Hunan hosts 130 institutions of higher education ranking sixth together with Hubei 130 among all Chinese provinces after Jiangsu 168 Guangdong 160 Henan 156 Shandong 153 and Sichuan 134 16 66 Hunan is also the seat of 12 adult higher education institutions 66 Two major cities in Hunan Changsha and Xiangtan were ranked in the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research output as tracked by the Nature Index in 2017 17 There are three national key universities under Project 985 Hunan University Central South University and the National University of Defense Technology in Hunan the third highest after Beijing and Shanghai Hunan Normal University in Changsha is the key construction university of the national 211 Project and Xiangtan University in Xiangtan is a key university jointly built by Hunan Province and the Ministry of Education and a member of national Project 111 These five national key universities are included in the Double First Class Universities of Hunan Province Hunan University and Central South University are the only two Project 985 universities in Changsha Hunan to appear in the world s top 200 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the U S News amp World Report Best Global University Ranking 67 68 Hunan Normal University the National University of Defense and Technology and Changsha University of Science and Technology located in Changsha were ranked in the world s top 701 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 68 Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha the University of South China in Hengyang Hunan University of Technology in Zhuzhou and Xiangtan University in Xiangtan were ranked in the top 801 900 globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities 69 70 71 72 Hunan University of Science and Technology in Xiangtan and Central South University of Forestry and Technology in Changsha were ranked number 988 and number 1429 respectively in the 2022 Best Global Universities by the U S News amp World Report Best Global University Ranking 67 73 As of 2023 Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha ranked the best in Central China region and 26th nationwide among Chinese Medical Universities 74 National key public universities edit Changsha City edit Central South University Project 211 Project 985 Double First Class University Hunan University Project 211 Project 985 Double First Class University Hunan Normal University Project 211 Double First Class University National University of Defense Technology Project 211 Project 985 Double First Class University Xiangtan City edit Xiangtan University Project 111 Double First Class University Provincial key public universities edit Changsha City edit Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha University of Science and Technology Hunan Agricultural University Hunan First Normal University Hunan University of Chinese Medicine Hunan University of Technology and CommerceHengyang City edit Hengyang Normal University University of South ChinaJishou City edit Jishou UniversityLoudi City edit Hunan University of Humanities Science and TechnologyShaoyang City edit Shaoyang UniversityXiangtan City edit Hunan Institute of Engineering Hunan University of Science and TechnologyYueyang City edit Hunan Institute of Science and TechnologyZhuzhou City edit Hunan University of TechnologyGeneral undergraduate universities public edit Changsha City edit Changsha Normal University Changsha University Hunan University of Finance and Economics Hunan Police Academy Hunan Women s UniversityHengyang City edit Hunan Institute of TechnologyXiangtan City edit Xiangtan Institute of TechnologyYongzhou City edit Hunan University of Science and EngineeringChenzhou City edit Xiangnan UniversityGeneral undergraduate universities private edit Changsha Medical University Hunan International Economics University Hunan Institute of Information Technology Hunan Institute of Traffic Engineering Hunan Applied Technology UniversityVocational and technical colleges universities edit Changsha Aeronautical Vocational and Technical College Changsha Social Work College Hunan Mass Media Vocational and Technical College Changde Vocational and Technical CollegeTransport editAirports edit There are several airports in Hunan provinces including Changsha Huanghua International Airport Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport Changde Taohuayuan Airport Chenzhou Beihu Airport Huaihua Zhijiang Airport Shaoyang Wugang Airport Yongzhou Lingling Airport and Yueyang Sanhe Airport The busiest airports serve domestic and international flights for Hunan including Changsha Huanghua International Airport Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport and Changde Taohuayuan Airport 14 Notably as of 2021 Changsha Huanghua International Airport was one of the 50 busiest airports in the world 75 the 12th busiest civil airport in China the second busiest in South Central China after Guangzhou 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