Shaoyang
Shaoyang (simplified Chinese: 邵阳; traditional Chinese: 邵陽; pinyin: Shàoyáng), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (Chinese: 宝庆), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hunan. As of the 2020 Chinese census, its total population was 6,563,520 inhabitants, of whom 1,415,173 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts and Xinshao County largely conurbated.
Shaoyang
邵阳市 Paoking | |
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The River God Temple (水府庙) | |
Location of Shaoyang City jurisdiction in Hunan | |
Shaoyang Location of the city centre in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Shaoyang municipal government): 27°14′22″N 111°28′04″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
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| Municipal seat | Daxiang District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 20,829.63 km2 (8,042.37 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 436.0 km2 (168.3 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,199 km2 (849 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 6,563,520 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 802,230 |
| • Urban density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,415,173 |
| • Metro density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 422000 |
| Area code | 0739 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-05 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 湘E |
| Administrative division code | 430500 |
One of the major forest areas in Hunan, Shaoyang has a forest coverage of 42.7%. The 23,000,000-acre (93,000 km2) NanShan Pastures is one of the biggest in South Central China and provide dairy products and meat for Hunanese.
Shaoyang is home to Shaoyang University. The school is composed of the former Shaoyang Normal College and Shaoyang College.
The Shaoyang dialect of Lou Shao group of dialects of Xiang is generally spoken here.