Hunan, China · Asia
Xiangtan sits on the route: 20 minutes from Yisuhe.
Xiangtan is a city located in Hunan, China. With a population of 959,303, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Xiangtan sits in China, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Shanghai time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Xiangtan to your route.
Xiangtan (Chinese: 湘潭) is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, are in Xiangtan's administration, as well as the hometowns ofRead more
Qing dynasty and republic era painter Qi Baishi, scholar-general Zeng Guofan, and tennis player Peng Shuai.
Xiangtan forms a part of the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region with Changsha as the core city along with Zhuzhou, also known as Changzhutan City Cluster, one of the core cities in Central China.
Xiangtan is one of the top 200 cities in the world by scientific research outputs, as tracked by the Nature Index. It is home to Xiangtan University, a Double First-Class Construction university, and two provincial key public universities of Hunan Institute of Engineering and Hunan University of Science and Technology, as well as a high-tech industrial development zone.
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Xiangtan is located in Hunan, China, Asia. The coordinates are 27.8500 latitude, 112.9000 longitude.
Xiangtan has a population of approximately 959,303 people, making it a city in China.
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