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Ningxiang () is a county-level city and the 2nd most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha. The city is bordered to the north by Heshan District of Yiyang and Taojiang County, to the west by Anhua County and Lianyuan City, to the south by Louxing District of Loudi, Xiangxiang City, Shaoshan City and Yuhu District of Xiangtan, to the east by Yuelu and Wangcheng Districts. Located in the central east of Hunan Province, Ningxiang covers with a registered population of 1,393,528 and a resident populat

Key facts

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Prefecture-level city
Settlement.name
Ningxiang
Settlement.native_name
宁乡市
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zh-Hans
Settlement.other_name
Ningsiang; Ninghsiang
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County-level city
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RT-MART in downtown Ningxiang, Hunan, China, picture2.jpg
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ChinaChangshaNingxiang.png
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Location of Ningxiang City within Changsha
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China Hunan
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Location in Hunan
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Ningxiang government
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Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
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Province
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Hunan
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Changsha
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Established

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Wikidata facts

Official name
宁乡县
Country
China
Population
1263332
Area
2912.09
Elevation
70
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Official website
www.nxcity.gov.cn
Image
RT-MART in downtown Ningxiang, Hunan, China, picture2.jpg
Dialing code
731
Licence plate code
湘A
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Commons category
Ningxiang
topic's main category
Category:Ningxiang
postal code
410600
category of associated people
Category:People from Ningxiang
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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections
Contents
  • Archeology
  • History
  • Administrative division
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Rivers
  • Lakes and reservoirs
  • Mountains
  • Government
  • Economy
  • Development zone
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Rail
  • Expressway
  • National Highway
  • Provincial Highway
  • Culture
  • Tourism
  • Notable people
  • Footnotes
  • External links

Ningxiang () is a county-level city and the 2nd most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha. The city is bordered to the north by Heshan District of Yiyang and Taojiang County, to the west by Anhua County and Lianyuan City, to the south by Louxing District of Loudi, Xiangxiang City, Shaoshan City and Yuhu District of Xiangtan, to the east by Yuelu and Wangcheng Districts. Located in the central east of Hunan Province, Ningxiang covers with a registered population of 1,393,528 and a resident population of 1,218,400 (as of 2014). The city has 4 subdistricts, 21 towns and 4 townships under its jurisdiction, its administrative centre is at Yutan Subdistrict ().

The most famous historic resident was Liu Shaoqi, who lived in Ningxiang from 1898 until 1920, before he went to Beijing as President.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ningxiang City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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