Hunan

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Hunan
湖南
Province of Hunan
Name transcription(s)
  Chinese湖南省 (Húnán Shěng)
  AbbreviationHN / (pinyin :Xiāng)
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Hunan
Hunan in China (+all claims hatched).svg
Map showing the location of Hunan Province
Coordinates: 28°06′46″N112°59′00″E / 28.11265°N 112.98338°E / 28.11265; 112.98338
CountryChina
Named for ,  lake
, nán south
"South of the lake"
Capital
(and largest city)
Changsha
Divisions14 prefectures, 122 counties, 1,933 townships (2018), 29,224 villages (2018)
Government
  Type Province
  Body Hunan Provincial People's Congress
   CCP Secretary Shen Xiaoming
   Congress chairmanShen Xiaoming
   Governor Mao Weiming
   CPPCC chairman Mao Wanchun
Area
[1]
  Total210,000 km2 (80,000 sq mi)
  Rank 10th
Highest elevation2,115.2 m (6,939.6 ft)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total66,444,864
  Rank 7th
  Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
   Rank 13th
Demonym Hunanese
Demographics
  Ethnic composition Han  – 90%
Tujia  – 4%
Miao  – 3%
Dong  – 1%
Yao  – 1%
Other peoples – 1%
  Languages and dialectsChinese varieties:
Xiang, Gan, Southwestern Mandarin, Xiangnan Tuhua, Waxiang, Hakka, Yue
Non-Chinese languages:
Xong, Tujia, Mien, Gam
GDP [3]
  Total CN¥ 4.756 trillion
US$ 707.1 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 73,598
US$ 10,942
ISO 3166 code CN-HN
HDI (2021)Increase2.svg 0.762 [4]
high · 15th
Website www.enghunan.gov.cn
Hunan
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"Hunan" in Chinese characters
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Fenghuang, a traditional town of Hunan

Hunan's primeval forests were first occupied by the ancestors of the modern Miao, Tujia, Dong and Yao peoples. The province entered written Chinese history around 350 BC, when the province became part of the Zhou dynasty. After Qin conquered the Chu in 278 BC, the region came under the control of Qin, and then the Changsha Kingdom during the Han dynasty. At this time, and for hundreds of years thereafter, the province was a magnet for settlement of Han Chinese from the north, who displaced and assimilated the original indigenous inhabitants, cleared forests and began farming rice in the valleys and plains. [19] The agricultural colonization of the lowlands was carried out in part by the Han people, which managed river dikes to protect farmland from floods. [20] To this day, many of the small villages in Hunan are named after the Han families who settled there. Migration from the north was especially prevalent during the Eastern Jin dynasty, Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern dynasties periods, when the north was mostly ruled by non-Han ethnic groups (Five Barbarians) and in perpetual disorder.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Hunan was home to its own independent regime, Ma Chu.

Hunan and Hubei became a part of the province of Huguang until the Qing dynasty. Hunan province was created in 1664 from Huguang, renamed to its current name in 1723.

Hunan became an important communications center due to its position on the Yangzi River. It was an important centre of scholarly activity and Confucian thought, particularly in the Yuelu Academy in Changsha. It was also on the Imperial Highway constructed between northern and southern China. The land produced grain so abundantly that it fed many parts of China with its surpluses. The population continued to climb until, by the nineteenth century, Hunan became overcrowded and prone to peasant uprisings. Some of the uprisings, such as the ten-year Miao Rebellion of 1795–1806, were caused by ethnic tensions. The Taiping Rebellion began in the south in Guangxi Province in 1850. The rebellion spread into Hunan and then further eastward along the Yangzi River valley. Ultimately, it was a Hunanese army (Xiang Army) under Zeng Guofan who marched into Nanjing to put down the uprising in 1864.

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Invading Japanese soldiers firing across the Miluo River during the Battle of Changsha in World War II

In 1920, a famine raged throughout Hunan and killed an estimated 2 million Hunanese civilians. [21] This sparked the Autumn Harvest Uprising of 1927. It was led by Hunanese native Mao Zedong, and established a short-lived Hunan Soviet in 1927. The Communists maintained a guerrilla army in the mountains along the Hunan-Jiangxi border until 1934. Under pressure from the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces, they began the Long March to bases in Shaanxi Province. After the departure of the Communists, the KMT army fought against the Japanese in the second Sino-Japanese war. They defended Changsha until it fell in 1944. Japan launched Operation Ichigo, a plan to control the railroad from Wuchang to Guangzhou (Yuehan Railway). Hunan was relatively unscathed by the civil war that followed the defeat of the Japanese in 1945. In 1949, the Communists returned once more as the Nationalists retreated southward.

In the 1950s General Wang Zhen coerced thousands of Hunanese women into sexual servitude at PLA units in Xinjiang. [22]

As Mao Zedong's home province, Hunan supported the Cultural Revolution of 1966–1976.[ citation needed ] However, it was slower than most provinces in adopting the reforms implemented by Deng Xiaoping in the years that followed Mao's death in 1976.

In addition to CCP Chairman Mao Zedong, a number of other first-generation communist leaders were also from Hunan: Chinese President Liu Shaoqi; CCP Secretary-generals Ren Bishi and Hu Yaobang; Marshals Peng Dehuai, He Long, and Luo Ronghuan; Wang Zhen, one of the Eight Elders; Xiang Jingyu, the first female member of the CCP's central committee; Senior General Huang Kecheng; and veteran diplomat Lin Boqu. An example of a more recent leader from Hunan is former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji.

Geography

Hunan is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, about half way along its length, situated between 108° 47'–114° 16' east longitude and 24° 37'–30° 08' north latitude. Hunan covers an area of 211,800 square kilometres (81,800 square miles), making it the 10th largest provincial-level division. The east, south and west sides of the province are surrounded by mountains and hills, such as the Wuling Mountains to the northwest, the Xuefeng Mountains to the west, the Nanling Mountains to the south, and the Luoxiao Mountains to the east. Mountains and hills occupy more than 80% of the province, and plains less than 20%. At 2115.2 meters above sea level, the highest point in Hunan province is Lingfeng (酃峰). [23] [24] [25]

The Xiang, the Zi, the Yuan and the Lishui Rivers converge on the Yangtze River at Lake Dongting in the north of Hunan. The center and northern parts are somewhat low and a U-shaped basin, open in the north and with Lake Dongting as its center. Most of Hunan lies in the basins of four major tributaries of the Yangtze River.

Lake Dongting is the largest lake in the province and the second largest freshwater lake of China.

The Xiaoxiang area and Lake Dongting figure prominently in Chinese poetry and paintings, particularly during the Song dynasty when they were associated with officials who had been unjustly dismissed. [26]

Changsha (which means "long sands") was an active ceramics district during the Tang dynasty, its tea bowls, ewers and other products mass-produced and shipped to China's coastal cities for export abroad. An Arab dhow dated to the 830s and today known as the Belitung Shipwreck was discovered off the small island of Belitung, Indonesia with more than 60,000 pieces in its cargo.[ citation needed ] The salvaged cargo is today housed in nearby Singapore.

Hunan's climate is subtropical, and, under the Köppen climate classification, is classified as being humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with short, cool, damp winters, very hot and humid summers, and plenty of rainfall. January temperatures average 3 to 8 °C (37 to 46 °F) while July temperatures average around 27 to 30 °C (81 to 86 °F). Average annual precipitation is 1,200 to 1,700 millimetres (47 to 67 in). The Furongian Epoch in the Cambrian Period of geological time is named for Hunan; Furong ( 芙蓉 ) means "lotus" in Mandarin and refers to Hunan which is known as the "lotus state". [27]

Administrative divisions

Hunan is divided into fourteen prefecture-level divisions: thirteen prefecture-level cities and an autonomous prefecture:

Administrative divisions of Hunan
Division code [28] DivisionArea in km2 [29] Population 2010 [30] SeatDivisions [31]
Districts Counties Aut. counties CL cities
430000Hunan Province210,000.0065,683,722 Changsha city3661718
430100 Changsha city11,819.467,044,118 Yuelu District 612
430200 Zhuzhou city11,262.203,855,609 Tianyuan District 531
430300 Xiangtan city5,006.462,748,552 Yuetang District 212
430400 Hengyang city15,302.787,141,462 Zhengxiang District 552
430500 Shaoyang city20,829.637,071,826 Daxiang District 3612
430600 Yueyang city14,897.885,477,911 Yueyanglou District 342
430700 Changde city18,177.185,747,218 Wuling District 261
430800 Zhangjiajie city9,516.031,476,521 Yongding District 22
430900 Yiyang city12,325.164,313,084 Heshan District 231
431000 Chenzhou city19,317.334,581,778 Beihu District 281
431100 Yongzhou city22,255.315,180,235 Lengshuitan District 281
431200 Huaihua city27,562.724,741,948 Hecheng District 1551
431300 Loudi city8,107.613,785,627 Louxing District 122
433100 Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture 15,462.302,547,833 Jishou city71

The fourteen prefecture-level divisions of Hunan are subdivided into 122 county-level divisions (35 districts, 17 county-level cities, 63 counties, 7 autonomous counties). Those are in turn divided into 2587 township-level divisions (1098 towns, 1158 townships, 98 ethnic townships, 225 subdistricts, and eight district public offices). At the year end of 2017, the total population is 68.6 million.

Urban areas

Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities
#CityUrban area [32] District area [32] City proper [32] Census date
1 Changsha [lower-alpha 2] 2,963,2183,092,2137,040,9522010-11-01
(1)Changsha (new district) [lower-alpha 2] 230,136523,660see Changsha2010-11-01
2 Hengyang 1,115,6451,133,9677,148,3442010-11-01
3 Zhuzhou [lower-alpha 3] 999,4041,055,1503,857,1002010-11-01
(3)Zhuzhou (new district) [lower-alpha 3] 94,326383,598see Zhuzhou2010-11-01
4 Yueyang 924,0991,231,5095,476,0842010-11-01
5 Xiangtan 903,287960,3032,752,1712010-11-01
6 Changde 846,3081,457,4195,714,6232010-11-01
7 Yiyang 697,6071,245,5174,307,9332010-11-01
8 Liuyang 588,0811,279,469see Changsha2010-11-01
9 Chenzhou 582,971822,5344,583,5312010-11-01
10 Shaoyang 574,527753,1947,071,7352010-11-01
11 Yongzhou 540,9301,020,7155,194,2752010-11-01
(12) Ningxiang [lower-alpha 4] 498,0551,166,138see Changsha2010-11-01
13 Leiyang 476,1731,151,554see Hengyang2010-11-01
14 Huaihua 472,687552,6224,741,6732010-11-01
15 Liling 449,067947,387see Zhuzhou2010-11-01
16 Loudi 425,037496,7443,784,6342010-11-01
17 Changning 332,927810,447see Hengyang2010-11-01
18 Miluo 321,074692,080see Yueyang2010-11-01
19 Yuanjiang 281,097666,270see Yiyang2010-11-01
20 Zhangjiajie 250,489494,5281,478,1492010-11-01
21 Lianyuan 245,360995,515see Loudi2010-11-01
22 Lengshuijiang 238,275327,146see Loudi2010-11-01
23 Linxiang 225,054498,319see Yueyang2010-11-01
24 Zixing 215,707337,294see Chenzhou2010-11-01
25 Jishou 212,328302,065part of Xiangxi Prefecture 2010-11-01
26 Xiangxiang 210,799788,216see Xiangtan2010-11-01
27 Hongjiang 197,753477,996see Huaihua2010-11-01
28 Wugang 187,436734,870see Shaoyang2010-11-01
29 Jinshi 156,230250,898see Changde2010-11-01
30 Shaoshan 27,61386,036see Xiangtan2010-11-01
  1. 湖南, Xiang Chinese: [fu˩˧lan˩˧] , [5] Mandarin: [xu˧˥nan˧˥]
  2. 1 2 New district established after census: Wangcheng (Wangcheng County). The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.
  3. 1 2 New district established after census: Lukou (Zhuzhou County). The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.
  4. Ningxiang County is currently known as Ningxiang CLC after census.
 
 
Most populous cities in Hunan
Source: China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population [33]
RankPop.RankPop.
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Changsha
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Hengyang
1 Changsha 3,744,30011 Yongzhou 574,500 Zhu Zhou Shen Nong Gong Yuan .jpg
Zhuzhou
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Changde
2 Hengyang 1,437,90012 Leiyang 573,000
3 Zhuzhou 1,152,60013 Loudi 516,800
4 Changde 997,90014 Ningxiang 472,700
5 Yueyang 892,00015 Jishou 315,000
6 Chenzhou 842,00016 Changning 300,000
7 Xiangtan 817,70017 Wugang 290,000
8 Shaoyang 712,30018 Liuyang 260,100
9 Yiyang 668,20019 Liling 247,500
10 Huaihua 624,00020 Xiangxiang 235,000

Politics

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Young Mao Zedong statue in Changsha

The politics of Hunan is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Hunan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hunan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hunan Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Hunan CCP Party Chief".

Economy

As of the mid-19th century, Hunan exported rhubarb, musk, honey, tobacco, hemp, and birds. [34] The Lake Dongting area is an important center of ramie production, and Hunan is also an important center of tea cultivation. Aside from agricultural products, in recent years Hunan has grown to become an important center for steel, machinery and electronics production, especially as China's manufacturing sector moves away from coastal provinces such as Guangdong and Zhejiang. [35]

The Lengshuijiang area is noted for its stibnite mines, and is one of the major centers of antimony extraction in China. [ citation needed ]

Hunan is also well known for a few global makers of construction equipment such as concrete pumps, cranes, etc. These companies include Sany Group, Zoomlion and Sunward. Sany is one of the world's major players. The city of Liuyang is the world's top center for manufacturing fireworks. [36]

Hunan is the 9th-largest provincial economy of China, the third largest in the Central China region after Henan and Hubei, the fourth largest in the South Central China region after Guangdong, Henan and Hubei and the fourth largest among inland provinces after Henan, Sichuan and Hubei. [6] As of 2021, Hunan's nominal GDP was US$724 billion (CNY 4.6 trillion), appearing in the world's top 20 largest sub-national economies with its GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) being over US$1.1 trillion, [6] [7] and its GDP (nominal) per capita exceeded US$10,900 (69,300 CNY), making it the 2nd richest in the Central China region after Hubei and the 3rd richest in South Central China region after Guangdong and Hubei. [6]

As of 2020, Hunan's GDP (nominal) was US$605 billion, [8] [9] making it larger than the economies of Poland (the 22nd biggest in the world), Thailand (the 2nd largest in ASEAN), and Nigeria (the largest in Africa). [10]

Historical GDP of Hunan Province for 1952 –present (SNA2008) [37]
(purchasing power parity of Chinese Yuan, as Int'l. dollar based on IMF WEO October 2017 [38] )
yearGDPGDP per capita (GDPpc)
based on mid-year population
Reference index
GDP in millionsreal
growth
(%)
GDPpcexchange rate
1 foreign currency
to CNY
CNY USD PPP
(Int'l$.)
CNYUSDPPP
(Int'l$.)
USD 1Int'l$. 1
(PPP)
20163,155,137475,007901,2368.046,3826,98313,2496.64233.5009
20152,917,217468,373821,8678.543,1576,92912,1596.22843.5495
20142,728,177444,126768,4149.540,6356,61511,4456.14283.5504
20132,483,465400,999694,30710.137,2636,01710,4186.19323.5769
20122,233,833353,875629,10711.433,7585,3489,5076.31253.5508
20111,981,655306,815565,29912.830,1034,6618,5876.45883.5055
20101,615,325238,618487,92514.624,8973,6787,5206.76953.3106
20091,315,627192,597416,66713.920,5793,0136,5176.83103.1575
20081,162,761167,422366,01614.118,2612,6295,7486.94513.1768
2007948,599124,750314,63715.114,9421,9654,9567.60403.0149
2006772,23296,870268,35012.812,1921,5294,2377.97182.8777
2005662,34580,856231,67012.210,6061,2953,7108.19172.8590
2000355,14942,901130,6039.05,4256551,9958.27842.7193
1995213,21325,53178,11710.33,3594021,2318.35102.7294
199074,44415,56443,7244.01,2282577214.78321.7026
198534,99511,91724,96612.16262134472.93661.4017
198019,17212,79512,8205.23652442441.49841.4955
197511,8406,36610.32391291.8598
19709,3053,78017.6211862.4618
19656,5322,65313.2170692.4618
19606,4072,603-1.0176712.4618
19553,5831,37618.5104402.6040
19522,7811,25186392.2227

Economic and technological development zones

The Changsha National Economic and Technology Development Zone was founded in 1992. It is located east of Changsha. The total planned area is 38.6 km2 (14.9 sq mi) and the current area is 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi). Near the zone is National Highways G319 and G107 as well as Jingzhu Highway. Besides that, it is very close to the downtown and the railway station. The distance between the zone and the airport is 8 km (5.0 mi). The major industries in the zone include high-tech industry, biology project technology and new material industry. [39]

Approved by the State Council, Chenzhou Export processing Zone (CEPZ) was established in 2005 and is the only export processing zone in Hunan province. The scheduled production area of CEPZ covers 3km2. The industrial positioning of CEPZ is to concentrate on developing export-oriented hi-tech industries, including electronic information, precision machinery, and new-type materials. The zone has good infrastructure, and the enterprises inside could enjoy the preferential policies of tax-exemption, tax-guarantee and tax-refunding. By the end of the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", the CEPZ achieved a total export and import volume of over US$1 billion and provided more than 50,000 jobs. It aimed to be one of the first-class export processing zones in China. [40]

Zhuzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone was founded in 1992. Its total planned area is 35 km2 (14 sq mi). It is very close to National Highway G320. The major industries in the zone include biotechnology, food processing and heavy industry. In 2007, the park signed a cooperation contract with Beijing Automobile Industry, one of the largest auto makers in China, which will set up a manufacturing base in Zhuzhou HTP. [41]

Demographics

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Ethnic minority-inhabited areas in Hunan
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1912 [42] 27,617,000    
1928 [43] 31,501,000+14.1%
1936-37 [44] 28,294,000−10.2%
1947 [45] 25,558,000−9.7%
1954 [46] 33,226,954+30.0%
1964 [47] 37,182,286+11.9%
1982 [48] 54,008,851+45.3%
1990 [49] 60,659,754+12.3%
2000 [50] 63,274,173+4.3%
2010 [51] 65,683,722+3.8%

As of the 2000 census, the population of Hunan is 64,400,700 consisting of forty-one ethnic groups. Its population grew 6.17% (3,742,700) from its 1990 levels. According to the census, 89.79% (57,540,000) identified themselves as Han Chinese and 10.21% (6,575,300) as minority groups. The minority groups are Tujia, Miao, Dong, Yao, Bai, Hui, Zhuang, Uyghurs and so on.

In Hunan, ethnic minority languages are spoken in the following prefectures.

Religion in Hunan [52] [note 1]

   Christianity (0.77%)
  Other religions or not religious people [note 2] (79.04%)

Hunanese Uyghurs

Around 5,000 Uyghurs live around Taoyuan County and other parts of Changde. [53] [54] [55] [56] Hui and Uyghurs have intermarried in this area. [57] [58] [59] In addition to eating pork, the Uygurs of Changde practice other Han Chinese customs, like ancestor worship at graves. Some Uyghurs from Xinjiang visit the Hunan Uyghurs out of curiosity or interest. [60] The Uyghurs of Hunan do not speak the Uyghur language, instead, Mandarin Chinese is spoken as their native language. [61]

Religion

The predominant religions in Hunan are Chinese Buddhism, Taoist traditions and Chinese folk religions. According to surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, 20.19% of the population believes and is involved in ancestor veneration, while 0.77% of the population identifies as Christian. [52] The reports didn't give figures for other types of religion; 79.04% of the population may be either irreligious or involved in worship of nature deities, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, folk religious sects.

In 2010, there are 118.799 Muslims in Hunan [62]

Notable people

Being the educational and political in the late Qing Era, Hunan became the center of revolution and reformation, and it was the birthplace of many famous Chinese scholars, politicians, and generals, including the most influential and controversial figure of China in the 20th century, Mao Zedong.

Culture

Hunan's culture industry generated 87 billion yuan (US$11.76 billion) in economic value in 2007, [63] and is major contributor to the province's economic growth. The industry accounts for 7.5 percent of the region's GDP. [ citation needed ]

Language

Xiang Chinese (湘语) is the eponymous variety of Chinese spoken in Hunan. There are several varieties of Xiang Chinese, such as New Xiang, Old Xiang, and Hengzhou Xiang. In addition to Xiang Chinese, there are also other dialects and languages present, such as Southwestern Mandarin, Hakka, Waxiang, and Xiangnan Tuhua. Nü shu, a writing system for Xiangnan Tuhua, is used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County and neighboring areas in southern Hunan.

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Yongfeng chili sauce

Cuisine

Hunanese cuisine is noted for its near-ubiquitous use of chili peppers, garlic, and shallots. These ingredients give rise to a distinctive dry-and-spicy (干辣; gānlà) taste, [64] with dishes such as smoked cured ham, and stir-fried spicy beef being prime examples of the flavor. [64]

Music

Huaguxi is a local form of Chinese opera that is very popular in Hunan province.

Tourism

Located in the south central part of the Chinese mainland, Hunan has long been known for its natural environment. It is surrounded by mountains on the east, west, and south, and by the Yangtze River on the north. For thousands of years, the region has been a major center of agriculture, growing rice, tea, and oranges. China's first all glass suspension bridge was also opened in Hunan, in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park. [65]


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Panoramic view of Mount Heng

Education and research

As of 2023, Hunan hosts 137 institutions of higher education, ranking fifth together with Sichuan (137) among all Chinese provinces after Jiangsu (168), Henan (168), Guangdong (162), and Shandong (156). [67] [68] Hunan is also the seat of 12 adult higher education institutions. [69] Two major cities in Hunan (Changsha and Xiangtan) were ranked in the top 500 cities in the world by scientific research output, as tracked by the Nature Index in 2017. [18] There are three national key universities under Project 985 (Hunan University, Central South University and the National University of Defense Technology) in Hunan, the third highest after Beijing and Shanghai. Hunan Normal University in Changsha is the key construction university of the national 211 Project, and Xiangtan University in Xiangtan is a key university jointly built by Hunan Province and the Ministry of Education and a member of national Project 111. These five national key universities are included in the Double First-Class Universities of Hunan Province.

Hunan University and Central South University are the only two Project 985 universities in Changsha, Hunan to appear in the world's top 200 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking . [70] [71] Hunan Normal University, the National University of Defense and Technology and Changsha University of Science and Technology located in Changsha, were ranked in the world's top 701 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities . [71]

Hunan Agricultural University in Changsha, the University of South China in Hengyang, Hunan University of Technology in Zhuzhou and Xiangtan University in Xiangtan were ranked in the top 801-900 globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. [72] [73] [74] [75] Hunan University of Science and Technology in Xiangtan and Central South University of Forestry and Technology in Changsha were ranked number 988 and number 1429 respectively in the 2022 Best Global Universities by the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking. [70] [76] As of 2023, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha ranked the best in the Central China region and 26th nationwide among Chinese Medical Universities. [77]

National key public universities

Changsha City

Xiangtan City

Provincial key public universities

Changsha City

Hengyang City

Jishou City

Loudi City

Shaoyang City

Xiangtan City

Yueyang City

Zhuzhou City

General undergraduate universities (public)

Changsha City

Hengyang City

Xiangtan City

Yongzhou City

Chenzhou City

General undergraduate universities (private)

Vocational and technical colleges/universities

Transport

Airports

There are several airports in Hunan provinces, including Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport, Changde Taohuayuan Airport, Chenzhou Beihu Airport, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport, Shaoyang Wugang Airport, Yongzhou Lingling Airport, and Yueyang Sanhe Airport. The busiest airports serve domestic and international flights for Hunan, including Changsha Huanghua International Airport, Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport and Changde Taohuayuan Airport. [15] Notably, as of 2021, Changsha Huanghua International Airport was one of the 50 busiest airports in the world, [78] the 12th busiest civil airport in China, the second busiest in South Central China after Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and the busiest in Central China. [15]

Railways

The Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway passes through Hunan.

Sports

Yiyang Olympic Stadium Yiyang Stadium, Hunan, China 2012-04-14 10.56.37.jpg
Yiyang Olympic Stadium

Professional sports teams in Hunan include:

See also

Notes

    1. The data was collected by the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of 2009 and by the Chinese Spiritual Life Survey (CSLS) of 2007, reported and assembled by Xiuhua Wang (2015) [52] in order to confront the proportion of people identifying with two similar social structures: ① Christian churches, and ② the traditional Chinese religion of the lineage (i. e. people believing and worshipping ancestral deities often organised into lineage "churches" and ancestral shrines). Data for other religions with a significant presence in China (deity cults, Buddhism, Taoism, folk religious sects, Islam, et al.) was not reported by Wang.
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