23 Facts About Liuyang

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Liuyang is a county-level city, the most populous and the easternmost county-level division of Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the provincial capital.

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Liuyang is one of the most developed counties and county-level cities, it is one of the best developed manufacturing counties and county-level cities in the province, the manufacturing industry is its economic pillar.

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On 16 January 1993, Liuyang was not a county any more, and it becomes a county-level city, called Liuyang city.

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Liuyang is located in the northeast of Hunan province, and it is in the upstream regions of the Liuyang River.

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The terrain of Liuyang is that north-east is higher than south-west, and landscape types change because of a lot of rivers.

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Liuyang is one of the most developed counties in Hunan, it ranked the 11th in the Top100 of counties and county-level cities of China by comprehensive strength in 2020.

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Liuyang has been mining some natural resources, like sepiolite, chrysanthemum stone, coal and phosphorite.

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Liuyang fireworks have been in the global market for more than 100 years, and they were sold to Hong Kong, Macao and the Southeast Asia in the Guangxu period of the Qing dynasty, and fireworks become an important brand and pillar industry of Liuyang.

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Liuyang fireworks are protected as an original product and hold the honor of China's famous brand.

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10.

Liuyang enjoys the honor as a city of flowers and plants' cultivation in China, and it is famous for Hongzhimu .

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11.

Liuyang is one of the top 100 counties that have advantages in grain production, and it is a big city for raising pigs and black goats.

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12.

Since 1875, Liuyang fireworks have been exported to Japan, Korea, India, Iran, the UK, United States, Russia, etc.

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However, in 1998, Liuyang fireworks went through a bottleneck period because of technological deficiencies.

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14.

Liuyang cooperates with some institutions of higher education and research institutes to invent fireworks with better technology and safety.

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15.

In 2003, Liuyang succeeded in getting a fireworks display project in Brazil.

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16.

Liuyang has invested more than one million dollars to buy lands in Brazil to build fireworks factories.

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17.

Liuyang has three main industrial districts of Economic and Technological Development Zone, High-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Two-oriented Industrial Park, the economy of its three industrial districts occupies a large proportion of the city.

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Liuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone is a national biological industry base created on 10 January 1998, located in Dongyang Town.

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19.

The Liuyang area is abundant in mineral deposits such as coal, tungsten, sulphur, phosphorus, and barite.

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20.

Since Liuyang was established as a county in the Han dynasty, it is abundant in historical tourist resources.

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21.

Liling–Liuyang railway, more commonly known as "Liliu railway", is a branch from Liling to Yonghe Town of Liuyang, through downtown.

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Liuyang–Liling Expressway, commonly abbreviated as "Liuli Expressway", is a north–south highway passing through the western city.

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Changsha–Liuyang Expressway, locally known as "Changliu Expressway", is a west–east highway passing through the central Liuyang city.

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