XiangtanislocatedincentralChina'shunanprovincebyeastregion,middleandlowerreachesofxiangjiangriver.Withchangshaas"product"wordshape,constitutethepolitics,economyandcultureofhunanprovinceisthemostdevelopedthe"goldentriangle"area.Itgovernsthexiangxiang,shaoshancity,countyandyuhu,yuetongtwocity,thecity'stotalareaof5015squarekilometersandapopulationof2.8million,theurbanareaof281squarekilometersandapopulationof650000.
Westernurbannortheastfordownland,muchtotheground.Yuepondareamethodofhuashan,299metersabovesealevel,forthetopofthetown.Easyhomewanwusportof30mabovesealevel,fortheurbanlow.Xiangjiangriverfromsouthtonorthis"S"shaperunsthroughthecity.Ahumidtropicalmonsoonclimate,annualaveragetemperature17.5℃,rainfallof1500millimeters,frost-freeperiod280days.
Maincropsarerice,vegetables,fruittrees,flowersandtrees,agriculturalandsidelineproductshaveleanpig.BuiltXiangZhugreenhousevegetablesbase,guanghuavillagepollution-freevegetablebase,yueslaughterpigsbasepondarea,AngTianHuspecialaquaculturebaseandsoon.
Xiangtanspirit,talentedpeople.XiangtanisagenerationgreatmanMAOzedong'shometown,pengdehuai,ChenGeng,TanZhengthehomeoftheelderproletarianrevolutionist,alsoisqibaishi,YangDu,takescelebritiessuchaspersonofhometown.XiangtanisthehometownofXiangLianandthenationalfamousproductionbaseofgrainpig.SincethefoundingofnewChina,xiangtanagricultureandcountrysidehadtheverybigdevelopment.Especiallysincethereformandopening,xiangtanintensifythescientifictechnology,speeduptheindustrializationofagricultureandfarmerswell-offprocess.Xiangtanisthenationalthird,theprovince'ssecondtonsoffoodcity,theprovince'sfirstcomprehensivegreeninguptostandardcityandtheprovincethefirstruralwell-offsociety.
Xiangtaneducationdeveloped,thecityhasmorethanadozencolleges,thexiangxiangandyuhurespectivelywasnamedthenationalandprovincialculturaladvancedcounties.All-rounddevelopmentofvarioussocialundertakings.
Xiangtanisacitywithalonghistory,thereweremanyplacesofinterest."Guantemple"inzhengpingroad,isaqingdynastyacquainting,wood,stonecarving,whitemarblebeforethespringandautumnpavilionhollowoutdragonpost,shilongcurvet,exquisiteandexcellentfortheprovincialkeyprotectionunits."Liumartyr'sshrine"mainstreetinthecity,thetemplewithsunyat-sen,theqingdynastytocommemorateLiuDaoyimartyrsandinscribedeulogy."Xiangtancemeteryislocatedinthe"constructionofnorthroad,isarevolutionarymartyrsandtherevolutionofthelateoldcadrerestingplace,parkgreenfree,quietandclean.BytheinsidelaneYiYuanpawnshopis"heroine"qiujin'sformerresidence.Scenicfenhillineasybay,themountainpeakcragginess,sceneryunderwell.CityarenowConfuciantemple,TangXingqiao,HengTing,narathiwatmountain,HeTengdumplingandthecenotaphofmorethan10."Rain"lakeparkisthebiggestrestareaofcityseikobeautification,floorTingXiepavilion,clearwater,chueiyangtourists,anendlessstream,allpraisebeautysaid.
Landofmountainsandriversbeautiful,fat,makexiangtanhasbeenChina'scommoditygrainbaseandslaughterpigleanbaseinhunanprovince.Foodhadtonsofgrainpermu,hasbecomethefirstwell-offcityofhunanprovince.BecauseoftheabundantXiangLian,referredtoas"thehometownofChinaXiangLian",sothexiangtanisalsocalledthe"lotuscity".