Shaoyang
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Shaoyang (simplified Chinese: 邵阳; traditional Chinese: 邵陽; pinyin: Shàoyáng) is a prefecture-level city in Hunan province of the People's Republic of China. Shaoyang is in the south of Hunan, not far from Hengyang city.
Shaoyang University is here.
Shaoyang dialect of Lou Shao group of dialects of Xiang is spoken here.
[edit] Noted people
- Tsiang Tingfu - historian and diplomat.
- Wei Yuan - late Qing scholar.