Hunan

Hunan Province 湖南こなん省しょう
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	湖南こなん省しょう (Húnán Shěng)
• Abbreviation	湘 (pinyin: Xiāng)
Map shawin the location o Hunan Province
Named for	湖みずうみ hú - lake 南みなみ nán - south "south of Lake Dongting"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Changsha
Divisions	14 prefecturs, 122 coonties, 2576 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Zhou Qiang
• Govrenor	Xu Shousheng
Area
• Total	211800 km2 (81,800 sq mi)
Area rank	10th
Population  (2010)
• Total	65,683,722
• Rank	7t
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
• Density rank	13t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 90% Tujia - 4% Miao - 3% Dong - 1% Yao - 1%
• Leids an dialects	Xiang Cheenese
ISO 3166 code	CN-43
GDP (2011)	CNY 1.90 trillion US$ 300 billion (10t)
• per capita	CNY 24,719 US$ 3,652 (20t)
HDI (2008)	0.781 (medium) (19t)
Website	http://www.enghunan.gov.cn/ (Inglis)

Hunan  (Cheenese: 湖南こなん; pinyin: Húnán) is a province o Sooth-Central Cheenae, locatit tae the sooth o the middle reaches o the Yangtze River an sooth o Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meanin "sooth o the lake"). Hunan is whiles cried an offeecially abbreviatit as "湘" (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, efter the Xiang River which runs throu the province.

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• Hunan Govrenment wabsteid