Shaoyang County (Shaoyang County)
Shaoyang County is a county in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Dongkou County, to the west by Huitong and Jingzhou Counties, to the southwest by Tongdao County, to the southeast by Chengbu County, to the east by Wugang City. Shaoyang County covers 1,996.08 km2, as of 2015, it had a registered population of 1,048,235 and a permanent resident population of 957,800. The county has 12 towns and eight townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Fenghuang Community (渡口镇凤凰社区).
* 12 towns
* Baicang (白仓镇)
* Changyangpu (长阳铺镇)
* Guzhou (谷洲镇)
* Huangtingshi (黄亭市镇)
* Jinchengshi (金称市镇)
* Jiugongqiao (九公桥镇)
* Lijiaping (郦家坪镇)
* Tangdukou (塘渡口镇)
* 12 towns
* Baicang (白仓镇)
* Changyangpu (长阳铺镇)
* Guzhou (谷洲镇)
* Huangtingshi (黄亭市镇)
* Jinchengshi (金称市镇)
* Jiugongqiao (九公桥镇)
* Lijiaping (郦家坪镇)
* Tangdukou (塘渡口镇)
Map - Shaoyang County (Shaoyang County)
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Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dynasties. Chinese writing, Chinese classic literature, and the Hundred Schools of Thought emerged during this period and influenced China and its neighbors for centuries to come. In the third century BCE, Qin's wars of unification created the first Chinese empire, the short-lived Qin dynasty. The Qin was followed by the more stable Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), which established a model for nearly two millennia in which the Chinese empire was one of the world's foremost economic powers. The empire expanded, fractured, and reunified; was conquered and reestablished; absorbed foreign religions and ideas; and made world-leading scientific advances, such as the Four Great Inventions: gunpowder, paper, the compass, and printing. After centuries of disunity following the fall of the Han, the Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties reunified the empire. The multi-ethnic Tang welcomed foreign trade and culture that came over the Silk Road and adapted Buddhism to Chinese needs. The early modern Song dynasty (960–1279) became increasingly urban and commercial. The civilian scholar-officials or literati used the examination system and the doctrines of Neo-Confucianism to replace the military aristocrats of earlier dynasties. The Mongol invasion established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, but the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) re-established Han Chinese control. The Manchu-led Qing dynasty nearly doubled the empire's territory and established a multi-ethnic state that was the basis of the modern Chinese nation, but suffered heavy losses to foreign imperialism in the 19th century.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| CNY | Renminbi | ¥ or 元 | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| ZH | Chinese language |
| UG | Uighur language |
| ZA | Zhuang language |