Shaoyang

Shaoyang 邵阳
Prefecture-level city
World Heritage Mount Langshan(崀山) Shuifu Temple(水府庙) Wangxi Falls(旺溪瀑布) Wei Yuan Statue(魏源铜像) Nanshan National Park(南山国家公园) Baoqing Wall(宝庆府城墙)
Location of Shaoyang City jurisdiction in Hunan
Shaoyang Location of the city centre in Hunan
Coordinates (Shaoyang municipal government): 27°14′22″N 111°28′04″E / 27.2395°N 111.4679°E / 27.2395; 111.4679
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
County-level divisions	3 districts 1 county-level city 7 counties 1 autonomous county
Township-level divisions	21 subdistricts 97 towns 78 townships 21 ethnic townships
Village-level divisions	335 residential communities 5,551 villages
Municipal seat	Daxiang District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	20,829.63 km2 (8,042.37 sq mi)
• Urban	436.0 km2 (168.3 sq mi)
• Metro	2,199 km2 (849 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	6,563,520
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
• Urban	802,230
• Urban density	1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
• Metro	1,415,173
• Metro density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 259.9 trillion US$ 38.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 31,816 US$ 4,731
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	422000
Area code	0739
ISO 3166 code	CN-HN-05
Licence plate prefixes	湘E
Administrative division code	430500

Shaoyang (simplified Chinese: 邵阳; traditional Chinese: 邵陽; pinyin: Shàoyáng), formerly named Baoqing (Paoking) (Chinese: 宝庆), is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It has a history of 2500 years and remains an important commercial and transportation city in Hunan. As of the 2020 Chinese census, its total population was 6,563,520 inhabitants, of whom 1,415,173 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts and Xinshao County largely conurbated.

One of the major forest areas in Hunan, Shaoyang has a forest coverage of 42.7%. The 23,000,000-acre (93,000 km²) NanShan Pastures is one of the biggest in South Central China and provide dairy products and meat for Hunanese.

Shaoyang is home to Shaoyang University. The school is composed of the former Shaoyang Normal College and Shaoyang College.

The Shaoyang dialect of Lou Shao group of dialects of Xiang is generally spoken here.