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Hengyang

Hengyang (simplified Chinese: 衡阳; traditional Chinese: 衡陽; pinyin: Héngyáng) is the second largest city of China’s Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of Changsha.

Note: The yellow area on the above map indicates Hunan Provice, and the little blue dot indicates Hengyang.

Hengyang City Map

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Night View of Hengyang City

In the other side of the Xiangjiang river, see the Liberation Road.

Economy

Hengyang has an area of 15,310 square kilometersand a population of 7,189,500 (879 051 in city proper). Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial city and the leading transportation center of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufactures include chemicals, agricultural and mining equipment, textiles, paper, and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin mines are nearby. Its former name was Hengzhou (Hengchow).

Tourism

Known as the ‘Bright Pearl in Southern China’ and as ‘Wild Goose City’ (the latter because of wild geese that used to rest here while flying south for the winter), Hengyang has been the birthplace of many historical figures, such as poets Du Fu and Han Yu, the inventor of paper making Cai Lun and the revolutionist Luo Ronghuan.[5] Mount Heng, one of the Five Sacred Mountains, lies 45 kilometres north from the city proper. The city hosts a few Chinese-style parks, most of them paid (entrance fee ranging from 1 to 8 yuan).

Administrative divisions

The city is divided into the old and new districts. The latter offer citizens and businesses the chance to move from the bleak and polluted city centre to newly-constructed housing estates.

Yanfeng District (雁峰区)
Zhuhui District (珠晖区)
Shigu District (石鼓区)
Zhengxiang District (蒸湘区)
Nanyue District (南岳区)
Changning City (常宁市)
Leiyang City (耒阳市)
Hengyang County (衡阳县)
Hengnan County (衡南县)
Hengshan County (衡山县)
Hengdong County (衡东县)
Qidong County (祁东县)

Transportation

Hengyang is one of the 45 highway hubs in China. Jing-Zhu Highway (Beijing to Zhuhai) and Heng-Kun Highway (Hengyang to Kunming) intersect here.

State way 107 (to Beijing, to Guangzhou)and 322 (to Kunming) pass the downtown of the city.

Two bus terminals locate in the city. One is Hengyang Western Terminal which locates in the downtown and operates provincial lines and intra-metro lines in northern and western directions. Another is LingHu Terminal which operates lines of southern and eastern directions and locates on the edge of the city.

Hengyang is an important transportation hub in southern China. Two main railway lines intersect at Hengyang, One is Jing Guang line (from Beijing to Guangzhou) and Xiang Gui line (from Hengyang to Nanning). Hengyang railway station is one of the ten largest train stations in China and is recognized as one of the extra-premium level stations.

More than 100 trains pass by and stop at Hengyang Raiway Station, making it one of the busiest stations all over the country and connecting it to most cities of China.

To reach the station, people can take city bus line 1, K1, 7, 16, 18, 25, 24, 27, 36, 37, K38.

External Links

Official website of Hengyang Government