Hunan Province

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    East Hunan Province, south, west three surrounds the mountainous region, center, north the topography is low and drawn out. The terrain may be divided in the Dongting Lake plain, Hunan the knoll, the Nanling mountainous region, the western Hunan mountainous region, the Hunan Dongshan five parts. The sierra mainly has the Wuling, the Xuefang, all Pang Ling, Nanling, the Luoxiao and so on. Xuefang prominent peak Luo old man Bamian, elevation 2,174 meters. Hunan, the capital, 沅, the sweet spring water is the most main rivers, after all collects into Dongting Lake to enter Yangtze River.

    Hunan Province belongs to the subtropics moist monsoon climate, the winter cold short, summer burning hot time long, spring warm changeable, the autumn arid is obvious, annual mean temperature 16 ℃ - 18 ℃, annual mean precipitation 1,250 - 1,750 millimeters.

    The Hunan Province total population 66.29 million, has the Chinese, Tuchia nationality, the seedling, Dong, precious, returns to, Uygur, is strong and so on the nationality. In 2002 baby birth rate 11.56 ‰, mortality rate 6.7 ‰, natural rate of growth 4.86 ‰. Until to 2002 year's end local employment personnel is 34.69 million.

    As early as in 5000 ago neolites time, has the primitive crowd to settle down in here, when Spring and Autumn Period Warring States is the Chu place, Qin sets at in the Changsha county and Guizhou Province the county, Tang sets at Hunan to observe causes, when clear Kanghsi supposes Hunan cloth politics commissioner, is Hunan Province.

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    The amphibious transportation very is all convenient. The railway communication quite important, the main railroad skeleton line has Beijing broadly, the Hunan cassiabarktree, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, Hunan Guizhou Province, a willow tree, railroad skeleton line and so on Lou Shao, sweet wine tea line, with province in skeleton line road criss-crossed network, is extremely convenient. The inland river shipping take Hunan, 沅, the capital, the sweet spring water four rivers and Dongting Lake as the main water transportation skeleton line. The aviation take Changsha as a center, has leads to Beijing and so on 40 homes major and medium cities.

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