Introduction of Xiangtan

Xiangtan City, referred to as Tam, because of the abundance of Xianglian, also known as "Lotus City", also known as "Tam City".

Changsha, Zhuzhou, with the national ChangZhuTan urban agglomeration "two-type society" comprehensive supporting reform pilot area center city, is China's excellent tourist city, national garden city, Hunan Province, the city of history and culture, the national civilized city to create advanced city, jurisdiction Xiangtan County, Xiangxiang City, Shaoshan City, Yuhu District, Yutang District, the five counties (cities), the total area of the city. County (city) District, with a total area of 5006 square kilometers and a total population of 3 million.

According to "Hunan Statistical Yearbook 2014", Xiangtan urban area of 168.21 square kilometers, built-up area of 79.2 square kilometers.

Xiangtan began to build the county from the Southern Dynasty, about 1500 years ago, is the important birthplace of Hunan culture, the cradle of China's red culture, with "small Nanjing", "Golden Xiangtan" reputation.

"Xiangzhong Lingxiu thousands of water, the world's heroes of a county more", Xiangtan great men, great masters are as brilliant as stars, the famous prime minister of Shu Han Jiang Wan, the late Qing dynasty minister Zeng Guofan, cultural celebrities Qibaishi, a generation of leaders * * *, founding fathers Peng Dehuai, the famous generals Huang Gongliu, the founding generals CHENGGAN, TANZHENG, and so on, were all born in the county.

The history of the city has been a long one.

After a thousand years of accumulation, rich in science and education human resources, science and education strength in Hunan Province, with Xiangtan University, Hunan University of Science and Technology and other universities and colleges and universities 12, is the national scientific and technological progress in advanced cities, the national intellectual property demonstration city.

The national transportation aorta of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway and Hukun Expressway intersect in the city, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Hukun Railway and Hukun Passenger Specialized Railway crisscrossing the territory, the construction of the ChangZhuTan Intercity Railway is about to build up a three-city half-hour economic circle.

Xiangtan is the "First Five", "Second Five" period of the country's 23 key construction of one of the industrial cities, is the industrial town of the central and southern regions.

At present, Xiangtan has a national-level Xiangtan High-tech Development Zone, national-level Xiangtan Economic and Technological Development Zone and Xiangtan Comprehensive Free Trade Zone.

In 2014, Xiangtan's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to RMB 157 billion, and its per capita GDP ranked second in the province after Changsha.