Hunan

landlocked province in China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hunan

Hunan (Chinese: 湖南; pinyin: Húnán; audio speaker iconlisten) is a province of South Central China, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (The characters in the name Hunan mean "lake" and "south"[1]). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province.

Thumb
Hunan

Its major cities are Changde, Changsha, Chenzhou, Hengyang, Huaihua, Loudi, Shaoyang, Xiangtan, Yiyang, Yongzhou, Yueyang, Zhangjiajie and Zhuzhou.

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.