What is the largest county in Hunan? What is the largest county in Hunan?

The largest county in Hunan is Yuanling County, which is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, swimming in Yuanshui, and belongs to Huaihua City, Hunan Province. Yuanling County has a total area of 5,852 square kilometers, accounting for 2.86% of the total area of the province. Yuanling has a long history and was once the economic, cultural and military center of western Hunan.

In paleogeological history, Yuanling County was first influenced by Wuling and Xuefeng movements, and a large area of slate strata before Proterozoic and Sinian was preserved nationwide. Under the action of long-term water erosion, cutting and neotectonic movement, the landform of Yuanling Valley rises from north to south and sinks in the middle.

Yuanling County is rich in hydropower resources, ranking first in Hunan Province. The surface water in China comes from the surface runoff generated by foreign guest water and atmospheric precipitation. Wuqiangxi hydropower station is the key project of the Eighth Five-Year Plan, which was built in this county.

Yuanling County is a civilized county in China, the hometown of traditional dragon boats in China, a famous cultural and ecological tourist city of the Chinese nation, a national nature reserve, a top 100 tourist counties with the most distinctive charm in China and a provincial historical and cultural city.