🇨🇳 Xiaogan is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some 60 km north-west of the provincial capital of Wuhan. The built-up (or metro) area is Xiaonan District.
The city name Xiaogan, meaning Filial Piety Moves Tian (孝行感天), is from the story of Dong Yong, who sold himself for his father's funeral, in The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars.
The Sheshui River originates in Xiaogan's Dawu County. On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, many in Wuhan eat 'di cai zhu ji dan' (地菜煮鸡蛋) which is supposed to prevent illness in the coming year. This practice is related to a story involving Shennong in Xiaogan.
1Administrative divisions Since 2000, Xiaogan has been divided into 1 district, 3 county-level cities and 3 counties: • Xiaonan District (孝南区) • Yingcheng City (应城市) • Anlu City (安陆市) • Hanchuan City (汉川市) • Xiaochang County (孝昌县) • Dawu County (大悟县) • Yunmeng County (云梦县).
1Food • Xiaogan Rice wine (孝感米酒).
1Xiaogan has a population of over 908,266 people. Xiaogan also forms the centre of the wider Xiaogan Prefecture which has a population of over 4,814,542 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Xiaogan has links with:
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🇨🇳 Hankow 114.273,30.581 d: 51.8
🇨🇳 Hankou 114.273,30.581 d: 51.8
🇨🇳 Ezhou 114.833,30.4 d: 106.3
🇨🇳 Huanggang 114.872,30.454 d: 106.4
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Antipodal to: Xiaogan -66.1,-30.919
🇦🇷 Villa Carlos Paz -64.517,-31.4 d: 19855.2
🇦🇷 Cosquín -64.45,-31.233 d: 19854.1
🇪🇸 La Rioja -66.855,-29.413 d: 19832.5
🇦🇷 La Rioja -66.855,-29.413 d: 19832.5
🇦🇷 Ciudad de La Rioja -66.85,-29.4 d: 19831.4
🇦🇷 Córdoba -64.185,-31.392 d: 19825.4
🇦🇷 Jesús María -64.1,-30.983 d: 19824.2
🇦🇷 San Luis -66.333,-33.3 d: 19749.5
🇦🇷 San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca -65.773,-28.467 d: 19740.6