Hengyang
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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, Hunan's capital.
The estimated population of Hengyang as of 2006 was 6.97 million persons. 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).
[edit] Subdivisions
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)
The city hosts a few parks, most of them paid (entrance fee ranging from 1 to 8 yuan).
[edit] Transportation
Hengyang is an important transportation center in southern China. There are two main railway lines intersected at Hengyang, which are Jing Guang line (from Beijing to Guangzhou) and Qian Gui line (from Guizhou to Guangxi). The Hengyang train station is one of the ten largest train stations in China.
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