What is the largest city in Hunan?
Huaihua city
1, basic introduction:
Huaihua City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, bordering Guangxi (Guilin and Liuzhou) in the south, Guizhou (Tongren and Qiandongnan) in the west, Shaoyang, Loudi, Yiyang, Changde, Zhangjiajie and Xiangxi Miao and Tujia Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province.
2. Administrative divisions:
1998 cancel Huaihua area and establish prefecture-level Huaihua city.
Jurisdiction over 12 counties (cities, districts) and 1 administrative committees, including Hecheng District, Zhong Fang County, hongjiang city, Yuanling County, Chenxi County, Xupu County, Huitong County, Mayang Miao Autonomous County, xinhuang dong autonomous county, Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County and Hongjiang District Administrative Committee.
There are ***200 townships (including 2/kloc-0 ethnic townships), 86 towns,1/kloc-0 sub-district offices, 275 community neighborhood committees and 3,855 villagers' committees in the city.
3. Geographical location:
Geographically, Huaihua borders Guangxi (Guilin and Liuzhou) in the south, Guizhou (Tongren and Qiandongnan) in the west, Shaoyang, Loudi, Yiyang, Changde and Zhangjiajie in Hunan, and Xiangxi Miao and Tujia Autonomous Prefecture.
Huaihua is known as "the gateway to Guizhou and Yunnan" and "the throat of all Chu", and it is the "bridgehead" leading to the southwest from the eastern and central parts of China, and now it is known as the "west gate" of Hunan.
4. Topographic features:
Huaihua is located between Wuling Mountain and Xuefeng Mountain, and Shui Yuan runs through the whole territory from south to north.
Xuefeng Mountain: It starts from Foding Mountain in Yuechengling in the north and passes through Chengbu, Hongjiang, Xupu and Anhua counties and cities in the north, with a total length of more than 200 kilometers. It's curved. The main peak is at an altitude of 1000- 1500m, and the highest peak, Subaoding Mountain, is at an altitude of 1934m in hongjiang city. The west slope of Xuefeng Mountain is gentle and the east slope is steep, which has become the natural dividing line between eastern and western Hunan and the watershed between Zishui and Shui Yuan.
Wuling Mountain: Wuling Mountain belongs to the eastward extension of Wuyunshan branch of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. North to east, distributed in northwest Hunan. The altitude is mostly 800- 1200m. Among them, there are more than 200 peaks above 1000 meters above sea level, and the highest peak, Huping Mountain, is 2098.7 meters above sea level. The mountain is tall and majestic. The northern branches of the mountain range include Bamian Mountain, Badagong Mountain, Qinglong Mountain, Dongshan Mountain and Huping Mountain. The northern branch of the mountain range includes Tianxing Mountain, Hongxing Mountain, Chaotian Guanshan Mountain, Zhangjiajie Mountain and Baiyun Mountain. Along the main stream of Lishui River, the south branch extends from Guizhou Province into the province, including La 'er Mountain, Yangfeng Mountain, Tianmen Mountain, Dalongshan Mountain and Liutai Mountain. All the above three mountains disappeared in Dongting Lake Plain.
5. Ecological status:
Huaihua is an ocean of mountains. Xuefeng Mountain and Wuling Mountain winding like a rainbow, Shan Ye has lush trees and fragrant fruits. The forest is the pillar of the ecosystem, and the mountains support the forest. The mountainous area of 292 10000 mu in the city, which stretches 70% of the country, is actually a green treasure house and a beautiful scenery. In 20 12, the city's standing stock was 53.57 million cubic meters, ranking first in the province; The forest area is 23.6 million mu, the highest in the province; The forest coverage rate is 64. 1%, which is much higher than the average level of the whole province, the whole country and even the whole world. It is a key forest area in the south of China. The mountainous area at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hubei, with Huaihua as the main body, is listed as one of the nine ecologically sound areas by the National Outline of Ecological Environmental Protection.