Hunan Sights

The province of Hunan is located in the middle reach of the Yangtze River, south China. Most part of its territory is to the south of the Dongting Lake, so it is called :“Hunan”, means the south of the lake. Since the Xiangjiang River flows through Hunan from south to north, it is also known as Xiang. As an agricultural power in China, Hunan has always enjoyed the laudatory title of “a land of fish and rice”. With a total area of 210,000 square kilometres and a population of 67 million, there are 13 cities, i.e. Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Hengyang, Shaoyang, Yueyang, Changde, Zhangjiajie, Yiyang, Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Huaihua and Loudi, and the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province.