Shaoshan
Appearance
Shaoshan (Cheenese: 韶山; pinyin: Sháoshān) is a coonty-level ceety in Xiangtan, Hunan Province. It is maist popularly kent as the birthplace o Mao Zedong, the foonder o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.
Shaoshan residents hae caipitalized on their maist famous resident an Shaoshan is an aa the birthplace o Mao's Family Restaurant, a popular restaurant chain that haes spread tae mony ither ceeties.
- Population: 100,000 (non-farmers: 16,000)
- Aurie: 210 km²
- Geographic coordinates: 27°51'40" - 28°1'53" N, 112°23'52" - 112°38'13" E
Admeenistration
[eedit | eedit soorce]Shaoshan Ceety admeenisters 2 touns (鎮) an 6 rural touns (
- Qingxi (
清 溪 鎮) - Yintian (
銀 田 鎮) - Ruyi (
如意 鄉 ) - Shaoshan (韶山
鄉 ) - Yanglin (楊林
鄉 ) - Daping (
大坪 鄉 ) - Yintian (
銀 田鄉 ) - Yongyi (
永 義 鄉 )
Admieenistrative history
[eedit | eedit soorce]The various names an admeenistrative levels o Shaoshan:
- 1652 (Qing Dynasty): Qidu (
七 都 ), Xiangtan Destrict (縣 ) - 1912 (Republic o Cheenae): The Seicont Destrict (
第 二 區 ), Xi Tounship (西鄉 ), Xiangtan Coonty - December 1932: The Nint Destrict, Xiangtan Coonty
- 1947: Qingtian Tounship, Xiangtan Coonty
- Januar 1950 (Fowkrepublic o Cheenae): The Third Destrict, Xiangtan Coonty
- 1951: The Fowert Destrict, Xiangtan Coonty
- 1 August 1955: Yintian Destrict, Xiangtan Coonty
- 1956: Yintian Toun, Xiangtan Coonty
- 1 September 1958: Shaoshan Fowkcommune, Xiangtan Coonty
- 12 Mey 1961: Shaoshan Destrict, Xiangtan Coonty
- December 1968: coonty-controlled destrict status upgradit tae regional destrict (
地 級 區 ), controlled directly bi the province - December 1981: revertit tae be coonty-controlled
- December 1984: upgradit tae coonty-class district (
縣 級 區 ), controlled bi Xiangtan Ceety - 26 December 1990: Upgradit tae coonty-class ceety, controlled bi Xiangtan Ceety on behauf o the province.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Official site Archived 2003-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Simplified Cheenese)
Coordinates: 27°54′36″N 112°28′48″E / 27.91000°N 112.48000°E
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