Shaoyang, formerly known as Baoqing, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, located in the southwest of central Hunan and the upper reaches of Zijiang River. It runs through the mountains, east and west, north and south, and the Xuefeng Mountain is towering. The Zijiang River runs through the whole territory from southwest to northeast, with a hilly basin in the middle, Hengyang in the east, Yongzhou and Guilin in the south and Huaihua in the west.
It is adjacent to Loudi in the north, 25 58' to 27 40' north latitude and 65 438+009 49' to 65 438+065 438+02 57' east longitude, with a total area of 20,824 square kilometers. Shaoyang has jurisdiction over 3 municipal districts, 7 counties (including 1 autonomous county) and 2 county-level cities. As of June, 2020 165438+ 10, according to the data of the seventh national census, the resident population of Shaoyang City was 6,563,520. ?
Shaoyang has a long history and is known as Xiaoxiang. As early as the Shang dynasty, there were ancestors in the territory, and counties were set up in the early Western Han Dynasty. After Zhaoling, Shaoling, Shaoyang, Zhou Min, Shaozhou and Baoqing, it was finally named Shaoyang. In Qing Dynasty, Baoqing Fucheng was surrounded by Zijiang River and Shaoshui River, and there were many forts around the city wall. In addition, the mountains are surrounded by water, and they are invincible, leaving the reputation of "Baoqing made of iron".