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Hunan

Hunan (Chinese: 湖南; pinyin: Húnán; ) is a province of South Central China, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (The characters in the name Hunan mean "lake" and "south"). Hunan is sometimes called 湘|湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province.

Its major cities are Changde, Changsha, Chenzhou, Hengyang, Huaihua, Loudi, Shaoyang, Xiangtan, Yiyang, Yongzhou, Yueyang, Zhangjiajie and Zhuzhou.



Images for kids

  • Fenghuang old town

    Fenghuang, a traditional town of Hunan

  • Ethnic minorities areas in Hunan

    Ethnic minority-inhabited areas in Hunan

  • Yiyang Stadium, Hunan, China 2012-04-14 10.56.37

    Yiyang Olympic Stadium

  • Puguang chansi 0152

    Puguang Buddhist Temple in Zhangjiajie.

  • Confucius Temple of Liuyang 01

    Temple of Confucius in Liuyang.

  • Hunan traditional temple front

    An ancestral shrine in the province.

See also

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