Hengyang
Prefecture-level city in Hunan, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hengyang (simplified Chinese: 衡阳; traditional Chinese: 衡陽; pinyin: Héngyáng; Mandarin pronunciation: [xə̌ŋ.jǎŋ]) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km (99 mi) south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, whom 1,290,715 lived in the built-up (or metro) area consisting of 4 urban districts, Nanyue District not being conurbated yet.
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Hengyang
衡阳市 Hengchow | |
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Nickname(s): Wild Goose City (雁城), Bright Pearl in Southern China | |
Coordinates (Hengyang government): 26°53′38″N 112°34′19″E | |
Country | China |
Province | Hunan |
Prefecture seat | Yanfeng District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 15,279 km2 (5,899 sq mi) |
• Urban | 722 km2 (279 sq mi) |
• Metro | 543 km2 (210 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 6,645,243 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,361,085 |
• Urban density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,290,715 |
• Metro density | 2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 409.0 billion US$ 60.7 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 55,737 US$ 8,288 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 421001 |
Area code | 0734 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-04 |
Website | www |
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Hengyang is home to University of South China, Hengyang Normal University, and Hunan Institute of Technology, three major provincial public universities in the city.[3]