Hengyang 衡阳

Overview

Chinese Name: 衡阳
English Name: Hengyang
Other Name: Yancheng雁城 ;Hengzhou衡州
Abbreviation: Xiangheng湘衡
Zip Code: 421000
Population:6.6452million

Brief Introduction

Hengyang 衡阳, Hunan province is under the jurisdiction of a prefecture-level city, a provincial sub-central city, located in southern China, Hunan province, is an important member of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River city group, the southern Hunan region of politics, economy, military, cultural center.

Hengyang city across the Xiangjiang River, Hunan province, and the central south region is one of the important transportation hubs, and a number of important highways, and railway lines in this rendezvous. Hengyang in the central and southern part of the concave plane axial belt, a typical basin situation, is a subtropical monsoon climate. Hengyang is an important industrial city in central and southern China, is one of the “Made in China 2025” pilot demonstration city group cities, with the first comprehensive bonded zone and national high-tech zone in Hunan, and is positioned as the national industrial transfer demonstration area and the national processing trade focus to undertake.

Hengyang city has jurisdiction over 5 districts and 5 counties and manages 2 county-level cities with a total area of 15,310 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, the permanent population of Hengyang city is 6,645,243 million; In 2021, Hengyang city to achieve a GDP of 384.031 billion yuan.

Famous Attractions in Hengyang

Hengyang 衡阳 is China’s outstanding tourist city, China’s War of Resistance against Aggression memorial city, and the territory of tourism resources is relatively rich.

Some special scenic spots in Hengyang

Nanyue Zhonglie Temple 南岳忠烈祠
Nanyue Temple 南岳大庙
CAI Hou Temple 蔡侯祠
Fuk Yiting 福益亭
Wang Ancestral Temple 王家祠堂
Heng Zhou kiln 衡州窑
Yunji kiln 云集窑
Shuikoushan Lead-zinc mining and metallurgy site 水口山铅锌矿冶遗址
Wang’s Ancestral hall 王氏宗祠
Former residence of Wang Chuanshan 王船山故居
Former residence of Luo Ronghuan 罗荣桓故居
The former site of Xiangnan Student Federation 湘南学联旧址

Famous Universities in Hengyang

In 2018, Hengyang city completed a total of 346 schools and 114 teaching points to establish standardized schools. A total of 970 million yuan was allocated to guarantee compulsory education, and 423 million yuan was allocated to subsidize 478,000 students from preschool to higher education.

List of universities and colleges in Hengyang

The University of South China 南华大学
Hengyang Normal University 衡阳师范学院
Hunan Institute of Technology 湖南工学院
Hunan Institute of Transportation Engineering 湖南交通工程学院
Chuanshan College, University of South China 南华大学船山学院
Hengyang Normal University Nanyue College 衡阳师范学院南岳学院
Hunan Vocational College of Environmental Biology 湖南环境生物职业技术学院
Hunan High-Speed Railway Vocational and Technical College 湖南高速铁路职业技术学院
Hunan Polytechnic of Finance and Economics industry 湖南财经工业职业技术学院
Hunan Vocational College of Industry and Commerce 湖南工商职业学院
Hengyang Technician College 衡阳技师学院
Hengyang Radio and Television University 衡阳广播电视大学
Hengyang Industrial Workers university 衡阳工业职工大学

Diet of Hengyang

Hengyang is an important historical source of Hunan culture, its diet is one of the main genres of Hunan cuisine; Hengyang has special resources and climate environment, so that Hengyang people’s diet to dry wins the wet, develop to help to sweat dampness of spicy, heavy acid taste, and determines the Hengyang cuisine main style formation, namely heavy taste, coke hemp, hot and sour.

Some specialty snacks in Hengyang

Yulin fragrance waist 玉麟香腰
Hengyang sucking screw 衡阳唆螺
Fish head tofu 鱼头豆腐
Zhang Fei wine 张飞酒
Lake of wine 湖之酒
Stone drum crisp moon cake 石鼓酥薄月饼
Black lotus 乌莲
Qidong Huanghualai 祁东黄花莱
Qidong Areca arum 祁东槟榔芋
Nanyue Cloud Tea 南岳云雾茶
Jar vegetables 坛子菜
Hengyang rice noodles 衡阳米粉

Hengyang Transportation

Water transport: Hengyang port 衡阳港 is one of the eight ports in Hunan Province. Hengyang has Xiangjiang, Lei water, distilled water, Mi water, and other rivers. Xiangjiang four seasons navigation, Hengyang port perennial can pass two thousand ton ship Xiangjiang, the Yangtze River, Shanghai and reach all over the world.

Aviation: Hengyang Nanyue Airport 衡阳南岳机场 is located in The Town of Hengnan County Hengyang City, officially opened on December 23, 2014; Nanyue Airport is defined as a national 4C branch airport, with a range of 800~1500 kilometers, a 4C flight area, a runway of 2400 meters, and a future development of 4D, with a runway extended to 3200 meters.