Chenzhou
Sign in to saveChenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total population reached 4,581,779 in the 2010 census, 26% of them living in urban areas, 74% of them living in rural areas.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chenzhou
- Settlement.native_name
- 郴州市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 郴州市裕后街郴江河段.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chen River and the residential on the river bank in Chenzhou City
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Chenzhou Prefecture within Hunan (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Chenzhou's administrative area in Hunan
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Hunan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city center in Hunan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- 郴州市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Hunan
- Contains
- Zixing
- Population
- +4667134
- Area
- +19341.85
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.chenzhou.gov.cn
- Image
- 鹊仙桥 20240125.jpg
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Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total population reached 4,581,779 in the 2010 census, 26% of them living in urban areas, 74% of them living in rural areas.
==History== Chenzhou is a historical city dating back from the Qin dynasty. The area was historically named Guiyang (simplified Chinese: 桂阳; traditional Chinese: 桂陽; pinyin: Guìyáng) Commandery before being renamed to the current name in the year 735 during the Tang dynasty. The Chinese character 郴, meaning "City in the Forest", uniquely refers to only the area. Known to be popular among the literacy circle of the Tang courts, poets such as Wang Changling, Du Fu, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi and Qin Guan have visited and wrote poems to the natural beauty of the area.