Shaoyang

Shaoyang
/show"yahng"/, n. Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
a city in central Hunan province, in E China. 275,000. Formerly, Baoqing.

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China
Wade-Giles romanization  Shao-yang , formerly  Baoqing 

      city, central Hunan sheng (province), southeastern China. It lies in the middle basin of the Zi River.

      A county named Zhaoling was established at the site of Shaoyang in the 2nd century BCE. In the mid-3rd century CE it became the seat of a commandery called Zhaoling. In 280 the name was changed to Shaoling, and in 589 it reverted to the status of a county under its present name, Shaoyang. Under the Tang dynasty (618–907), it became the seat of a prefecture, Shaozhou, and, under the Song dynasty (960–1279), it was promoted in 1225 to be the superior prefecture of Baoqing. It retained this name until 1928, when, after having reverted to a county in 1913, it was renamed Shaoyang.

      The city is at the centre of an extensive highway network covering central Hunan, has a branch rail line to connect the Hunan-Guizhou trunk line at Loudi, and has good river transport to Dongting Lake and to the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). It is the chief collecting point for grain, beans, cotton, and other agricultural products from the surrounding plain and for timber and forestry products from both the upper valley of the Zi River and the Xuefeng Mountains to the west.

      Shaoyang has traditionally been a centre for handicrafts, making iron pots, fine bamboo carvings, writing brushes, and paper. Since 1949 there has been some modern industrial development. Its chief manufactures include machinery, auto parts, chemicals, textiles, paper, and building materials. Pop. (2002 est.) 351,418.

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