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  (hŭng'yäng') pronunciation

A city of southeast China south-southwest of Wuhan. It is an important transportation hub and industrial center. Population: 817,000.

 

 
 
(hŭng-yäng) , city (1994 est. pop. 543,100), central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River, at the mouth of the Lei River. It is the leading transportation center of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufactures include chemicals, agricultural and mining equipment, textiles, paper, and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin mines are nearby. Its former name was Hengzhou (Hengchow).


 
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Location in Hunan Province

Hengyang (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Héngyáng) is the second largest city of China's Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of Changsha, Hunan's capital.

The estimated population of Hengyang as of 2006 was 6.97 million persons. Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial city and the leading transportation center of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufactures include chemicals, agricultural and mining equipment, textiles, paper, and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin mines are nearby. Its former name was Hengzhou (Hengchow).

One of the main intersections in Hengyang
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One of the main intersections in Hengyang

The city is divided into the old and new districts. The latter offer citizens and businesses the chance to move from the bleak and polluted city centre to newly-constructed housing estates.

The city hosts a few parks, most of them paid (entrance fee ranging from 1 to 8 yuan).

In the early 1990s about 50 people were killed there during a stampede to catch a train at the railway station.

Hengyang is an important transportation center in southern China. There are two main railway lines intersected at Hengyang, which are Jing Guang line (from Beijing to Guangzhou) and Qian Gui line (from Guizhou to Guangxi). Hengyang train Station is honored as one of top 10 biggest train stations in China.

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Prefecture-level divisions of Hunan
Prefecture-level cities: Changde | Changsha | Chenzhou | Hengyang | Huaihua | Loudi
Shaoyang | Xiangtan | Yiyang | Yongzhou | Yueyang | Zhangjiajie | Zhuzhou
Autonomous prefecture: Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
List of Hunan County-level divisions



Coordinates: 26°54′N 112°36′E / 26.9, 112.6


 
 

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