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Hunan Province

Hồ Nam tỉnh
Name transcription(s)
CheeneseHồ Nam tỉnh(Húnán Shěng)
AbbreviationTương (pinyin: Xiāng)
Map shawin the location o Hunan Province
Map shawin the location o Hunan Province
Named forHồ hú - lake
Nam nán - south
"south ofLake Dongting"
Caipital
(an lairgest ceety)
Changsha
Divisions14prefecturs,122coonties,2576tounships
Govrenment
SecretarZhou Qiang
• GovrenorXu Shousheng
Area
• Total211800 km2(81,800 sq mi)
Area rank10th
Population
(2010)
• Total65,683,722
• Rank7t
• Density310/km2(800/sq mi)
• Density rank13t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetionHan- 90%
Tujia- 4%
Miao- 3%
Dong- 1%
Yao- 1%
• Leids an dialectsXiang Cheenese
ISO 3166 codeCN-43
GDP(2011)CNY1.90 trillion
US$ 300 billion (10t)
• per capitaCNY24,719
US$ 3,652 (20t)
HDI(2008)0.781 (medium) (19t)
Websitehttp:// enghunan.gov.cn/(Inglis)

Aboot this soondHunan(Cheenese:Hồ Nam;pinyin:Húnán) is aprovinceoSooth-Central Cheenae,locatit tae the sooth o the middle reaches o theYangtze Riveran sooth oLake Dongting(hence the nameHunan,meanin "sooth o the lake"[1]). Hunan is whiles cried an offeecially abbreviatit as "Tương"(pinyin:Xiāng) for short,[2]efter theXiang Riverwhich runs throu the province.

  1. (in Cheenese)Origin of the Names of China's ProvincesArchived2016-04-27 at theWayback Machine,People's Daily Online.
  2. "Hồ Nam bị dự vì tam Tương bốn thủy ngọn nguồn".Archived fraethe originalon 21 Februar 2008.Retrieved14 Juin2012.

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