Hunan
Hunan Province 湖南省 | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Cheenese | 湖南省 (Húnán Shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) |
.svg) Map shawin the location o Hunan Province | |
| Named for | 湖 hú - lake 南 nán - south "south of Lake Dongting" |
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) | Changsha |
| Divisions | 14 prefecturs, 122 coonties, 2576 tounships |
| Govrenment | |
| • Secretar | Zhou Qiang |
| • Govrenor | Xu Shousheng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 211800 km2 (81,800 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 10th |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 65,683,722 |
| • Rank | 7t |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 13t |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composeetion | Han - 90% Tujia - 4% Miao - 3% Dong - 1% Yao - 1% |
| • Leids an dialects | Xiang Cheenese |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-43 |
| GDP (2011) | CNY 1.90 trillion US$ 300 billion (10t) |
| • per capita | CNY 24,719 US$ 3,652 (20t) |
| HDI (2008) | 0.781 (medium) (19t) |
| Website | http://www.enghunan.gov.cn/ (Inglis) |
Hunan (help·info) (Cheenese: 湖南; pinyin: Húnán) is a province o Sooth-Central Cheenae, locatit tae the sooth o the middle reaches o the Yangtze River an sooth o Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meanin "sooth o the lake"[1]). Hunan is whiles cried an offeecially abbreviatit as "湘" (pinyin: Xiāng) for short,[2] efter the Xiang River which runs throu the province.
Notes
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ (in Cheenese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.
- ↑ "湖南被誉为三湘四水的由来". Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2008. Retrieved 14 Juin 2012.
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