13 Facts About Changde

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Changde is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Hunan province, People's Republic of China.

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Changde is adjacent to Dongting Lake to the east, the city of Yiyang to the south, Wuling and Xuefeng Mountains to the west, and Hubei province to the north.

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Changde is known for its many Paleolithic and Neolithic sites.

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Larger prefecture-level city of Changde is adjacent to Dongting Lake to the east, the city of Yiyang to the south, Wuling and Xuefeng Mountains to the west, and Hubei province to the north.

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Changde is an administrative centre and a storage and shipping point for tung oil, grain, cotton, medicinal herbs, and wood.

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6.

People of Changde do not speak Hunanese, the locals speak the Chang–He ?? dialect of Southwestern Mandarin.

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7.

Wuling Lei cha, as the Changde variety is sometimes called, is usually made with sesame, peanut, meng bean, rice, tea and ginger.

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8.

Changde Sixian has been revitalized since the 1980s with several songs receiving national awards.

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Changde has an extensive bus network with most short-distance busses within the city costing either CN¥1 or ¥1.

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Changde is a pedestrian friendly city with wide tree-lined avenues and streets.

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11.

The Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde section has been approved and is expected to begin construction in 2014.

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12.

Changde has a public bike service begun in October 2012 with 30 rental stations throughout the city and a thousand bicycles.

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13.

Yuanguan port in Changde is the second largest port in Hunan province covering an area of 200 mu .

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