Hunan
landlocked province in China
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Summary
Hunan is a province of China[1]. Hunan draws 7,361 Wikipedia views per month (province of china category, ranking #11 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: People's Republic of China[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Head of government: Mao Weiming[5]
- Capital: Changsha[6]
- Shares border with: Chongqing[7], Hubei[8], Jiangxi[9], Guangdong[10], Guangxi[11], Guizhou[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Changsha[13], Zhuzhou[14], Xiangtan[15], Hengyang[16], Shaoyang[17], Yueyang[18], Changde[19], Zhangjiajie[20], Yiyang[21], Chenzhou[22], Yongzhou[23], Huaihua[24], Loudi[25], Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture[26]
- Twinned administrative body: Shiga Prefecture[27], Saga Prefecture[28], Tokushima Prefecture[29]
- Legislative body: Hunan Provincial People's Congress[30]
- Party chief representative: Zhang Qingwei[31]
- Commons category: Hunan[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[33]
- Highest point: Ling Peak[34]
- Official website: http://www.hunan.gov.cn[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hunan[36]
- Commons gallery: 湖南[37]
- Population: 65,683,722[38], 66,444,864[39]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Replaces: Hunan[43]
- Topic has template: Template:Hunan[44], Template:Hunan topics[45]
- Official name: 湖南省[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hunan[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hunan[48]
- Native label: 湖南省[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Hunan[50]
- Different from: Henan[51], Hunan[52]
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Physical Characteristics
Hunan covers an area of 211,836 km²[53].
Why It Matters
Hunan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Hunan is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]