11 Facts About Xiangyang

Xiangyang is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, China and the second largest city in Hubei by population.

Xiangyang is located at a strategic site on the middle reaches of the Han River, and has witnessed several major battles in Chinese history.

Under Liu's rule, Xiangyang became a major destination of the northern elite fleeing warfare in the Central Plain.

In Southern Song dynasty, after the Treaty of Shaoxing, Xiangyang became a garrison city on the northern frontier of Song.

In 1796, Xiangyang was one of the centers of the White Lotus Rebellion against the Qing dynasty.

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Xiangyang has a monsoon-influenced, four season humid subtropical climate, with cold, damp, winters, and hot, humid summers.

Xiangyang possesses large water energy resources whilst its mineral deposits include rutile, ilmenite, phosphorus, barite, coal, iron, aluminum, gold, manganese, nitre, and rock salt.

Textile production is the mainstay industry of Xiangyang followed by machinery manufacture, chemical processing, electronics, and manufacture of construction materials.

Xiangyang has been evaluated as one of “Top-100 Commercial Cities in Chinese Mainland” and “Top-20 Suitable Cities to Set Up Factories in Chinese Mainland” by Forbes.

Xiangyang has formed a modern multi-industry system of “one leading industry and six pillars”, and has gathered more than 30 world top-500 enterprise such as Dongfeng, Nissan and Huawei.

Xiangyang is a railway junction for the Xiangyang-Chongqing, Hankou-Danjiangkou, and Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railways.