Hengshan County () is a

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, China and it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. Located in the north of Hengyang and the east-central part of Hunan province, the county is bordered to the north by

Xiangtan County Xiangtan County () is a county in Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of Xiangtan City. Located on the east central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Yuhu, Yuetang Districts and Xiangtan City, to the west by Xian ...

, to the northwest by

Shuangfeng County Shuangfeng County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City. Located on the east central part of the province, it is adjacent to the southeast of the city proper of Loudi. The county ...

, to the southwest and south by

Hengyang County Hengyang County () is a county and the 5th most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of Hengyang prefecture-level city. Located in the north of Hengyang City and the south east of Hunan p ...

Nanyue District Nanyue District () is one of five districts in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China; it is also the 2nd smallest district by population (after Wulingyuan District) in Hunan. Nanyue District is a rural district about 45 kilometres away from th ...

and

Hengnan County Hengnan County () is a county located in the south of Hengyang prefecture-level city, Hunan province, China. It was established in 1952 and named after the ''south of Mount Heng''. The county has an area of with a population of 1,069,800 (as of ...

, to the east by

Hengdong County Hengdong County () is a county located in the east of Hengyang prefecture-level city, Hunan province, China. It was established from the eastern part of Hengshan County in 1966 and named after the ''east of Mount Heng''. The county has an area ...

. The county of Hengshan covers with a population of 449,500 (as of 2015). It has five townships and seven

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s under its jurisdiction, the

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is Kaiyun Town ().According to the Official Reply of Hunan Provincial Civil Affairs Department on approving township-level division adjustment programmes of Hengshan County (November 18, 2015) / 《湖南省民政厅关于同意衡山县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》（2015年11月18日湘民行发〔2015〕34号） se
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History

The county of Hengshan was named after the Hengshan Mountain, the place name of Hengshan was described in the

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(one of the

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of ancient Chinese literature). It was belonged to the territory of

Chu State Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou ...

in the

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, it was part of ''Changsha Commandery'' () in the Qin period and part of ''Xiangnan County'' () of Changsha State () in the Han period. The county of Hengyang (not modern ''Hengyang County'') was created in 257 AD, its seat was located in modern Yonghe Township and the county of Hengyang was renamed to Hengshan in 290 AD.history of Hengshan County / 衡山县建制沿革 se
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/ref> The National Teacher's College was located in the county in the late 1940s.

Divisions

;7 towns * Baiguo () * Changjiang () * Dianmen () * Donghu () * Kaiyun () * Xinqiao () * Xuanzhou () ;5 townships * Futianpu () * Guantang () * Jiangdong () * Lingpo () * Yonghe ()

Climate

Economy

According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the

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of Hengshan County in 2017 was 16,722 million yuan (2,477 million

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), up by 8.6 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the

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of the primary industry was 3,210 million yuan (475 million US dollars), up by 3.3 percent, that of the secondary industry was 4,634 million yuan (686 million US dollars), up by 6.6 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 8,878 million yuan (1,315 million US dollars), up by 11.8 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 19.20 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 27.71 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 53.09 percent. The per capita GDP in 2017 was 43,416 yuan (6,430 US dollars).according to the ''Statistical Communiqué of Hengshan County on the 2017 National Economic and Social Development'' / 衡山县2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 se
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References

External links

Official Website
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