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Xiangtan
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Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, are in Xiangtan's administration, as well as the hometowns of Qing dynasty and republic era painter Qi Baishi, scholar-general Zeng Guofan, and tennis player Peng Shuai.
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Vinony's link graph records 827 inbound references to Xiangtan, and connects out to province of China, district of China and list of current and former capitals of subdivisions of China.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities in Hunan, Commons link from Wikidata and National Civilized City.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xiangtan
- Settlement.native_name
- 湘潭市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.other_name
- Siangtan; Hsiangtan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:JinYuanSquare.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jinyuan Square (2010 photo) <!--
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Xiangtan Prefecture within Hunan (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Xiangtan Prefecture within Hunan Province.
- Settlement.dot_y
- -->
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Hunan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city centre in Hunan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hunan
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
湘潭市人民政府门户网站
xiangtan.gov.cn →Link to the official site · 35,985 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 湘潭市
- Population
- 2726181
- Area
- 5005.81
- Official website
- www.xiangtan.gov.cn
- Image
- Baishipark.jpg
- Dialing code
- 731
- Licence plate code
- 湘C
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- Commons category
- Xiangtan
- postal code
- 411100
- Commons gallery
- 湘潭
- P8168
- Sobre las Olas
- P12749
- Olivier Sorlin
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Etymology
- History
- Pre-Ming dynasty
- Ming and Qing dynasties
- Population
- Geography and climate
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Government
- Transportation
- Tourism
- Sports
- Colleges and universities
- Notable locals
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, are in Xiangtan's administration, as well as the hometowns of Qing dynasty and republic era painter Qi Baishi, scholar-general Zeng Guofan, and tennis player Peng Shuai.
Xiangtan forms a part of the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region with Changsha as the core city along with Zhuzhou, also known as Changzhutan City Cluster, one of the core cities in Central China.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xiangtan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations