Xiaogan is one of the prefecture-level cities in Hubei Province.
Location:
Xiaogan is located in the northeastern part of Hubei Province, north of the Yangtze River and east of the Han River, bordering Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, and about 60 kilometers away from Wuhan's city center, and 30 kilometers away from the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, which is only 30 kilometers from Wuhan, enjoying the resources of Wuhan city ****.
Administrative divisions:
There are now four districts and counties under the jurisdiction of Xiaonan District, Yunmeng, Dawu, and Xiaochang, two county-level cities of Yingcheng and Anlu, and the vicarious administration of Hanchuan City, as well as one national high-tech zone and seven provincial-level development zones (high-tech zones). The city covers an area of 8,910 square kilometers, and in 2016 the city had a total population of 5.3 million.
Topography and geomorphology:
Xiaogan's geomorphology is plain, hilly and mountainous from south to north, with the best climate in both the north and south, and fertile land, making it an important production base for grain, cotton and oil. Rich in geological deposits, "cream" "salt sea" "phosphorus mountain".
Expanded Information:
The origin of the name:
Xiaogan has a profound filial piety culture. In the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 454), the place was named "Xiaochang" because of its "flourishing filial piety".
Later Tang Tongguang two years (AD 924), Zhuangzong Li Cunxin castrol because of filial piety Chang County name of the "Chang" word violated his grandfather's name, so according to Dong Yong sold his body to bury his father, Huang Xiang fan coverlet warm quilt and Meng Zong weeping bamboo bamboo shoots and other filial piety son of the story of the heavenly, change the Hsiaochang County for the filial piety of the county is the beginning of the name of "filial piety". "the beginning of the name.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia - Xiaogan