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Shaoshan
Hunan, China · Asia
About Shaoshan
Shaoshan sits on the route: 25 minutes from Xiangxiang.
Shaoshan is in Hunan, China, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Xiangxiang, about 20 km away.
Shaoshan (Chinese: 韶山; pinyin: Sháoshān) is a county-level city in Hunan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xiangtan. Qingxi Town is its seat.
Located on the mid-eastern Hunan and the mid-north of Xiangtan, Shaoshan is bordered by Ningxiang to the north, Xiangxiang to theRead more
west and southwest, Xiangtan County to the east and southeast. It covers an area of 247.3 km2 (95.5 sq mi), as of 2015, it has a census registered population of 118,236 and a permanent resident population of 97,800. It is the smallest administrative unit by size or by population in the counties and county-level cities in Hunan province.
As the birthplace of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, Shaoshan was an important base during the Chinese Communist Revolution. Mao remains a popular figure in the area, and red tourism to Shaoshan is a significant driver of the local economy.
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Shaoshan is in Hunan, China, about 20 km from Xiangxiang.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 118,000
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Hunan
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 27.9167, 112.5167
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