Hengyang, Hunan Province, China

Administrative divisions | Economy | Tourist Industry | Colleges and universities | Transport

🇨🇳 Hengyang is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of the provincial capital of Changsha. Its built-up, metro area consists of four out of the five urban districts.

Hengyang is home to University of South China, Hengyang Normal University, and Hunan Institute of Technology, three major provincial public universities in the city.

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).

Economy Hengyang has an area of 15,279 km2 (5,899 sq mi). The built-up area is 522 km² (202 sq mi) in the four central urban districts. Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial City and the leading transportation centre of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufacturing includes: chemicals, agricultural, mining equipment, textiles, paper and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin are mined nearby. Hengyang is the second largest city in Hunan province, and is a growing industrial hub and transportation center.

Tourist Industry 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 the revolutionist Luo Ronghuan and a noted Ming scholar Wang Fuzhi. The city was badly damaged during World War II and few historical buildings survive in diverse stage of reconstruction, including Shigu Academy, Dragon Tower, Confucian School on the Dongzhou Island (东洲岛), Laiyan Pagoda and Nantai Temple. Mount Heng, one of the Five Sacred Mountains, lies 45 km north from the city proper.

Colleges and universities Institutions with full-time bachelor programs in Hengyang: • University of South China (南华大学) • Hengyang Normal University (衡阳师范学院) • Hunan Institute of Technology (湖南工学院).

Transport Hengyang is one of the 45 highway hubs in China. G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway and G72 Quanzhou–Nanning Expressway intersect here. China National Highway 107 (to Beijing, to Guangzhou) and China National Highway 322 (to Kunming) pass the city centre.

Two bus terminals are located in the city. One is Hengyang Western Terminal which is located in the city centre 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 transport hub in southern China. The Beijing–Guangzhou railway and Hunan–Guangxi railway intersect at Hengyang. Hengyang railway station is one of the ten largest railway stations in China and is recognised as one of the extra-premium level stations. More than 100 trains pass by and stop at Hengyang Railway Station, making it one of the busiest stations all over the country and connecting it to most cities of China.

The city's new Hengyang East railway station is served by the Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway and the Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway. The Hengyang Metro is a planned monorail rapid transit system.

Opened in 2014, the city is served by Hengyang Nanyue Airport.

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Hengyang has a population of over 1,075,516 people. Hengyang also forms the centre of the wider Hengyang Prefecture which has a population of over 7,141,162 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Hengyang has links with:

🇧🇾 Babruysk, Belarus 🇷🇴 Călărași, Romania 🇷🇺 Podolsk, Russia
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South of: 26.894

🇨🇳 Lijiang 26.873

🇳🇵 Malangwa 26.867

🇮🇳 Lucknow 26.85

🇳🇵 Dharān 26.817

🇮🇳 Bettiah 26.8

🇮🇳 Ayodhya 26.788

🇮🇳 Faizabad 26.773

🇮🇳 Etawah 26.77

🇮🇳 Gorakhpur 26.759

🇮🇳 Kushinagar 26.741

East of: 112.572

🇨🇳 Shayang 112.589

🇮🇩 Malang 112.617

🇮🇩 Gresik 112.661

🇨🇳 Kaiping 112.698

🇮🇩 Sidoarjo 112.7

🇮🇩 Surabaya 112.733

🇮🇩 Bangkalan 112.752

🇨🇳 Jinzhong 112.753

🇨🇳 Taicheng 112.767

🇨🇳 Taishan 112.794

West of: 112.572

🇮🇩 Kepanjen 112.561

🇨🇳 Taiyuan 112.56

🇨🇳 Nanyang 112.527

🇮🇩 Batu 112.525

🇨🇳 Jingling 112.5

🇨🇳 Duanzhou 112.467

🇨🇳 Luoyang 112.454

🇨🇳 Zhaoqing 112.452

🇨🇳 Guangning 112.45

🇮🇩 Mojokerto 112.431

Antipodal to Hengyang is: -67.428,-26.894

Locations Near: Hengyang 112.572,26.894

🇨🇳 Changning 112.4,26.422 d: 55.2  

🇨🇳 Leiyang 112.86,26.404 d: 61.6  

🇨🇳 Xiangtan 112.945,27.831 d: 110.5  

🇨🇳 Loudi 111.999,27.728 d: 108.6  

🇨🇳 Yongzhou 111.613,26.424 d: 108.7  

🇨🇳 Zhuzhou 113.144,27.842 d: 119.5  

🇨🇳 Shaoyang 111.468,27.24 d: 115.9  

🇨🇳 Chenzhou 113.033,25.8 d: 130  

🇨🇳 Changsha 112.939,28.228 d: 152.7  

🇨🇳 Jinggangshan 114.055,26.65 d: 149.7  

Antipodal to: Hengyang -67.428,-26.894

🇦🇷 Concepción -65.583,-27.333 d: 19826.1  

🇦🇷 Tucumán -65.366,-26.944 d: 19810.5  

🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán -65.225,-26.83 d: 19796.4  

🇦🇷 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca -65.773,-28.467 d: 19776  

🇦🇷 Ciudad de La Rioja -66.85,-29.4 d: 19730.7  

🇪🇸 La Rioja -66.855,-29.413 d: 19729.4  

🇦🇷 La Rioja -66.855,-29.413 d: 19729.4  

🇦🇷 Termas de Río Hondo -64.867,-27.483 d: 19753.4  

🇦🇷 Salta -65.409,-24.79 d: 19706  

🇨🇱 Copiapó -70.317,-27.35 d: 19724.7  

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