Which province and city is Xiangtan located in?

Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province.

Xiangtan, referred to as Tan, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. It is also known as "Liancheng" and "Tancheng" because of its abundant Xianglian. It borders Ningxiang City, Wangcheng District, and Changsha County to the north, Hengdong County, Hengshan County, and Lukou District to the south, Zhuzhou City and Lukou District to the east, and Shuangfeng County to the west. It constitutes the "Golden Triangle" area with the most developed politics, economy and culture in Hunan Province, and is one of the important passages from the vast inland areas to coastal areas such as Guangzhou and Shanghai. In April 1953, Xiangtan City was designated as a provincial city and upgraded to a prefecture-level city in September 1958.

Xiangtan has jurisdiction over five counties (cities) and districts: Xiangtan County, Shaoshan City, Xiangxiang City, Yuhu District, and Yuetang District. Xiangtan City has a total area of ??5,006 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 168.21 square kilometers. , with a built-up area of ??79.2 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, the permanent population of Xiangtan City is 2,726,181.

Natural resources of Xiangtan

The existing forest vegetation in Xiangtan City is mainly artificial forest, with various types of tree species. The timber forests include fir, masson pine, camphor, dense wood, nanmu, and hundred wood. There are 16 kinds of economic forests including camellia, tung tree, palm, tallow tree, mulberry, tea, peach, plum, plum, etc.; the introduced trees include wetland pine, foreign pine, loblolly pine, metasequoia, pond fir, Italian poplar, black Jing et al.

It is rich in crop resources and can cultivate thousands of kinds of grain, oil, fiber and other economic crops. Xiangtan County's "Three Cun Lotus", suburban inch pepper, short-footed cabbage, Xiangpengchang winter melon, etc. are all relatively famous. There are more than 40 kinds of main economic fish species cultured. Among livestock and poultry, Shashaling pig and Hutian stone sheep are excellent local breeds.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiangtan