Shaoshan
Shaoshan (韶山 市Sháoshān Shì ) is an independent city that belongs to the administrative area of the independent city of Xiangtan in the central Chinese province of Hunan . The city has around 118,000 inhabitants (end of 2011) on an area of 247.3 km² (population density: 477.2 inh / km²).
particularities
Mao Zedong's birthplace , Shaoshan Township, is part of the city's administrative area. During the Cultural Revolution , the place was the target of millions of Red Guards . After a decline in visitor numbers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Shaoshan is now once again a popular tourist destination in China.
Administrative structure
The city of Shaoshan is composed of three large parishes and four parishes at the parish level . These are:
- Greater community Qingxi (清溪镇), seat of the city government;
- Greater community ruyi (如意镇);
- Greater community Yintian (银田镇);
- Daping Township (大 坪乡);
- Community Shaoshan (韶山乡);
- Community Yanglin (杨林乡);
- Community Yongyi (永义乡).
Ethnic breakdown of the Shaoshan population (2000)
In the 2000 census, Shaoshan had 95,299 residents.
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 94,923 | 99.61% |
| Miao | 122 | 0.13% |
| Tujia | 111 | 0.12% |
| Mongols | 33 | 0.03% |
| Dong | 19th | 0.02% |
| Manju | 16 | 0.02% |
| Do | 14th | 0.01% |
| Zhuang | 14th | 0.01% |
| Yi | 13 | 0.01% |
| Hui | 11 | 0.01% |
| Others | 23 | 0.02% |
history
Shaoshan had different names in its history:
- 1652 ( Qing Dynasty ): Qidu (七 都), Xiangtan (縣)
- 1912 ( Republic of China ): Second District (第二 區), Xi City (西鄉), Xiangtan
- 1932: Ninth District, Xiangtan
- 1947: Qingtian City, Xiangtan
- 1950: Third District, Xiangtan
- 1951: Fourth District, Xiangtan
- 1955: Yintian District, Xiangtan
- 1956: Yintian City, Xiangtan
- 1958: Shaoshan People's Commune
- 1961: Shaoshan District, Xiangtan
Web links
- City government website (in Chinese)
- Shaoshan administrative division reform (in Chinese)
Coordinates: 27 ° 55 ' N , 112 ° 29' E