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Xiangtan

Eastern Asia

Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province in south-central China. Its administrative area includes the hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, among them Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Peng Dehuai, as well as those of the painter Qi Baishi, the Qing dynasty scholar-general Zeng Guofan, and the tennis player Peng Shuai. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
2,726,181 1
Area (sq km)
5005.81 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
27.84306 degrees north 1
Longitude
112.92283 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Xiangtan (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 2,726,181 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 27.84306, longitude 112.92283
  • P2046 (area)
    area 5005.81 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 2726181 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Xiangtan - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1790492
    27.85 112.9 P PPLA2 CN 11 4303 959303 31 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 31 m
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3. Hunan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Hunan is an inland province in Central China.
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.75, 112.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 27.75, 112.75
27.75 112.75 Cfa
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Xiangtan (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Xiangtan (Chinese: 湘潭) is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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