Hengyang
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| Location in Hunan Province |
Hengyang (Simplified Chinese: 衡阳; Traditional Chinese: 衡陽; pinyin: Héngyáng) is the second largest city of China's Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of Changsha, Hunan's capital.
The estimated population of Hengyang as of 2006 was 761,888 persons. Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial city and the leading transportation center of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufactures include chemicals, agricultural and mining equipment, textiles, paper, and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin mines are nearby. Its former name was Hengzhou (Hengchow).
The city is divided into the old and new districts. The latter offer citizens and businesses the chance to move from the bleak and polluted city centre to newly-constructed housing estates.
The city hosts a few parks, most of them paid (entrance fee ranging from 1 to 8 yuan).
In the early 1990s about 50 people were killed there during a stampede to catch a train at the railway station.
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