Xiangtan

 

(shyäng'tän') or Siangtan (shyäng'tän', syäng'–) , city (1994 est. pop. 490,100), E central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River. Formerly an agricultural distribution center, it is now industrialized. Products include textiles, iron, steel, manganese ore, cement, and machine tools. The name sometimes appears as Hsiang-t'an.

Location in Hunan Province

Xiangtan (Chinese: 湘潭; pinyin: Xiāngtán) is a city located in the center of Hunan province, China. It is part of the "ChangZhuTan Golden Triangle" (comprising the cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan). It consists of two county-level cities Xiangxiang(湘乡) and Shaoshan（韶山）, one county Xiangtan county and two district Yuetang district(岳塘区) and Tuhu discrict(雨湖区).

Famous people from Xiangtan:

• Mao Zedong
• Peng Dehuai
• Jiang Wan
• Huang Gonglüe
• Qi Baishi
• Zeng Guofan
• Ma Ying-jeou
• James Soong

See also

• Shaoshan
• Xiangtan University
• Hunan University of Science and technology
• Hunan Institute of Engineering

External link

• Government site (Simplified Chinese)

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: 27°51′N 112°54′E / 27.85, 112.9

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