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Located at Hunan Province, Changsha City is the provincial capital. Its
area is 11.8 thousand square km., with a population of 5.56 million.
The terrain of the Changsha City is high in the west and low in the
east. There are many mountainous areas in the west and in the north, and
the Xiangjiang River flows south to northwest. It belongs to monsoon
climate of sub-tropical zone with annual average temperature being 17.5oC,
annual average precipitation being 1387 mm., and frost-free period being
280 days. It abounds in agricultural and acquatic resources. There are
coal, iron, copper, porcelain clay, manganese and tungsten etc. mineral
resources, and Liuyang is the important producing area for Chinese
phosphorous ore.
The industries of this city are mainly machine building, food and textile. So far as the cigarette making industry is concerned, it is the important producing area. Liuyang is the biggest fireworks and fire-crackers producing area of China. The agriculture is developed here which abounds in producing rice, tea leaves, oranges, tangerines, rape, rapeseeds, peanut, day lily, live pig and fresh water fish etc. The tea leave output is among the top of the whole country.
Changsha City is the famous city of historical culture in China. Its
Yuelu Academy of classical Learning was established in the Song Dynasty,
being the first government run university in China. Besides, there are
picturesque Yuelu Mountain and Jiezizhou (tangerine land) etc. scenic
spots. Famous specialties of tradition are Xiangxiu (Hunan embroidery),
brass or copper wares, tea set, orange and tangerine etc
Bank:
Agricultural Bank of Changsha Branch
18 Wuxi Dong Lu
Agricultural Bank of China Hunan Branch
25 Yuhua Lu
Bank of
China Changsha Branch
6 Wuyi Xi Lu
Bank of China Hunan Branch
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Wuyi Dong Lu
Bank of Communications Changsha Branch
22 Wuyi Zhong
Lu
Indl Comml Bank of China Changsha Branch
20 Shaoshan Lu
Indl
Comml Bank of China Hunan Branch
Furing Zhong Lu
People's Bank of
China Changsha Branch
92 Nanda Lu
People's Bank of China Hunan
Branch
Caie Zhong Lu
People's Construction Bank of China Hunan
Branch
52 Xinan Li
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Airport
The Changsha Huanghua Airport (Huanghua feijichang) is 17km east of the city. The main CAAC office is at 5 Wuyi donglu, near to the railway station. There are shuttle buses (RMB20) between them. There are direct flight to more than 40 cities within and outside China, including regular services to Beijing (2hrs), Shanghai (1.5hrs), Guangzhou (1hr), Shenzhen (1hr), Hong Kong (1hr) and even weekly flights to Bangkok.
The railway station (Huoche zhan) is conveniently central at the eastern end of Wuyi donglu. To get here, one can get bus No.126 from the east bus station (Qiche dong zhan), bus No.312 from the west bus station (Qiche xi zhan) or bus No.107 from the south bus station (Qiche nan zhan). Changsha is located on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line, with two express trains daily in each direction, as well as a daily train to Shanghai. For train information, click here. There are trains to Guizhou, Zhangjiajie, Nanchang, Hengyang, Kunming, Lanzhou, Guilin and other cities. There's also a special tourist train (RMB11) daily to Shaoshan (approximately 3 hours) leaving at 7.25am.
There are three long distance bus stations in Changsha, but all are several kilometers out of the town. You can reach all the bus stations from the railway station by both public bus and minibus. All the stations are open from 6am to 9pm. The East Station has buses to the north and east of China, the West Station to the West of China, and the South Station for buses to the south. Click on the stations above for train timetables. There are two daily buses (3hrs, RMB12) to Shaoshan from the Southern Bus Station
Though Changsha city is large and spread out, it has comprehensive bus services, which cover almost all the sights as well as the train station and long distance bus stations. Most city maps (Chengshi ditu) have the bus routes clearly marked, and can be bought from the railway station and bookshops. There are more than 6,000 taxis in the city.
