A city of south-central China on the Xiang Jiang south-southwest of Changsha. It is an industrial center. Population: 550,000.
Dictionary:
Xiang·tan (shyäng'tän') also Siang·tan
|
| 5min Related Video: Xiangtan |
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Xiangtan |
| Dialing Code: The telephone dialing code for: Xiangtan, China |
The country code is: 86
The city code is: 732
| Wikipedia: Xiangtan |
| Please expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in the Chinese Wikipedia. After translating, {{Translated|zh|湘潭市}} must be added to the talk page to ensure copyright compliance.Translation instructions · Translate via Google |
| Xiangtan | |
|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Chinese | 湘潭 |
| - Pinyin | Xiāngtán |
| Xiangtan University | |
| location of Xiangtan in Hunan | |
|
|
|
| Coordinates: 27°51′N 112°54′E / 27.85°N 112.9°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Area | |
| - Total | 5,015 km2 (1,936.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 2,820,000 |
| - Density | 562.3/km2 (1,456.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://www.xiangtan.gov.cn |
Xiangtan (Chinese: 湘潭; pinyin: Xiāngtán; Wade-Giles: Siang-tan) is a city in Hunan province and located on the lower reaches of Xiang river, a branch of the Yangtze River. It is the hometown of many notable people including Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Peng Dehuai, Qi Baishi and Zeng Guofan.
Contents |
Relics from Daxi culture indicates that 5000 years ago local tribes lived in Xiangtan area, and it became a modern city in 2500 years ago during the late Shang Dynasty.
Xiangtan has a humid subtropical climate with long, hot summers, and cool to cold, cloudy, damp winters with occasional flurries. The average annual average temperature is from 16.7°C to 17.4°C, and 4.1°C in January and 29.7°C in July.
The city of Xiangtan has direct jurisdiction over 2 districts (区 qu), 2 county-level cities (市 shi), and 1 county (县 xian) :
In 2006, Xiangtan's nominal GDP was ¥42.2 billion (US$6.2 billion), a year-on-year growth of 13.2% from the previous year. Its per capita GDP was ¥15,455 (US$2,265).
Xiangtan is famous for its production of Lotus seed and Soy sauce. People in Xiangtan like to chew areca nut (Chinese: 槟榔; pinyin: Bīnláng), though the area itself doesn't grow them. Most raw areca nut fruits are from Hainan and processed locally. The history of consuming areca nut dates back to 400 years ago, when people chewing it for pandemic prevention. Nowadays, it is quite common to see people chewing areca nut in Hunan Province. In 2003, the sales revenue of areca nut industry in Xiangtan has reached ¥800 million.
Xiangtan is well connected by roads, river and rail. There is shuttle bus connecting Changsha Huanghua International Airport.
Many people continue to visit Shaoshan, Xiangtan to visit the birthplace of Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the leader of the People's Republic of China from 1949-1971.
There is good tennis training tradition in Xiangtan, and professional professional female tennis player Peng Shuai was born and trained here. Xiangtan Stadium was the home to Bayi Football Team of the Chinese Football Association Jia League (now Chinese Super League) from 2002 to 2003.
Note: Institutions without full-time bachelor programs are not listed.
Xiangtan is the birthplace of:
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Xiangtan |
|
||||||||||||||||||
| This Hunan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
| Qi Baishi (art) | |
| Shaoshan | |
| Xiangtan University |
Copyrights:
![]() | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/. Read more | |
![]() | Dialing Code. © 1999-2009 by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Xiangtan". Read more |