Hunan [Province] - Konan

Japanese: 湖南[省] - こなん

A province in central China, south of Lake Dongting. Its abbreviated name is Xiang. Its capital is Changsha. It forms a large basin (the northern part of the lake plain is the southern half of the lake plain) surrounded by high mountains to the east and south and low mountains to the west. There are four major rivers, the Xiangjiang, Zishui, Yuanjiang, and Lingshui, all of which flow into Lake Dongting and then into the Yangtze. Rice accounts for 90% of the province's food crops, and it is also rich in wheat, corn, cotton, and ramie (the largest in the country), and it produces a wide variety of minerals, including antimony (50% of the world's reserves), coal, tin, lead, and arsenic ore (the largest in the country). Industries such as spinning, machinery, smelting, and chemicals are developing, centered around Changsha, Changde, and Hengyang. Transportation is provided by water transport via Dongting Lake and the Xiang River, three railway lines (Beijing-Guangzhou), Zhejiang (Hangzhou-Zhuzhou), and Xianggui (Hengyang-Youyi Pass), as well as numerous motorways. The ethnic minorities Miao, Zhuang, and Dong live in the southwestern mountainous area, while the Yao live in the southern mountainous area. Shaoshan, the birthplace of Mao Zedong, is located almost in the center of the province. Area: 211,700 ^km2 . Population: 71.32 million (2014).
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Japanese:

中国中部，洞庭湖の南の省。簡称は湘(しょう)。省都は長沙。東，南は高い，西は低い山地に囲まれた大盆地（この北部は両湖平原の南半）を形成する。河川は湘江，資水，【げん】江，【れい】水(れいすい)の４大河があり，すべて洞庭湖に流入し，さらに長江に注ぐ。稲が全省の食糧作物の90％を占め，ほかに小麦，トウモロコシ，綿花，カラムシ（全国一）などを豊富に産し，鉱産はアンチモン（全世界埋蔵量の50％），石炭，スズ，鉛，ヒ素鉱（全国一）など種類が多い。長沙，常徳，衡陽などを中心に紡織・機械・製錬・化学工業などが発展しつつある。交通は洞庭湖，湘江の水運と京広（北京〜広州）・浙【かん】(せっかん)（杭州〜株洲）・湘桂（衡陽〜友誼関）の３鉄路および多くの自動車道路が通じる。少数民族のミヤオ族・チワン族・トン族は南西山地に，ヤオ族は南部山地に居住する。毛沢東の生地韶山は省のほぼ中央にある。21万1700km²。7132万人（2014）。
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