Hengyang's red culture is very thick: from the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movement to China's reform and opening up, Hengyang has emerged more than 20,000 heroic martyrs, with 65,438 revolutionary sites and 67 red cultural bases; Hunan Third Division is "the highest institution of higher learning in southern Hunan" and "the cradle of southern Hunan revolution", from which 104 celebrities and martyrs have emerged. Provincial No.3 Middle School was the seat of the Southern Hunan Special Committee when it was first established, and it was the talent training center during the Great Revolution.

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Hengyang, the second largest city in Hunan Province. Hunan Province, also known as Yancheng and Hengzhou, is a prefecture-level city, a provincial sub-central city, a national second-class big city and a third-tier city, located in the south of China and south-central Hunan Province. The city governs 5 districts and 5 counties, and 2 county-level cities with a total area of 153 10 square kilometers. By the end of 2022, the permanent population of the city was 6,577,400.

Hengyang is an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. As the political, economic, military and cultural center of southern Hunan, it has been positioned as a key city in the central region by the state. Hengyang City, which straddles Xiangjiang River, is one of the important transportation hubs in Hunan Province and Central South China.

Hengyang is an important industrial city in Central South China and one of the pilot demonstration cities of "Made in China 2025". It has the first comprehensive bonded zone and national high-tech zone in Hunan, and is positioned as a national demonstration zone to undertake industrial transfer and a national key undertaking place for processing trade.

Hengyang is also a national pilot city for comprehensive reform of service industry, a national ecological civilization demonstration zone, a national health city, a national garden city and a "China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial City". In addition, there are eight scenic spots in Hengzhou, such as misty rain in Feng Ye, Shigu Mountains, Zhu Ling Back Cave, Caofisherman, Yaoquanxi, Yueping Snow Roller, Dongzhou Taobo and West Lake Bailian.

Location context

Hengyang City is located in the south-central part of Hunan Province, in the middle reaches of Xiangjiang River, at the southern foot of Hengshan Mountain, between east longitude11032 ′16 ″ and north latitude1316 ′ 32 ″. It is adjacent to Youxian County in Zhuzhou City in the east, Anren County, Yongxing County and Guiyang County in Chenzhou City in the south, Lengshuitan District in Yongzhou City, Qiyang County and Shaodong County in Shaoyang City in the west, Shuangfeng County in Loudi City and Xiangtan County in Xiangtan City in the north. North-south length 150km and east-west width 173km. The total area of the city 153 10 square kilometers.