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'''Hunan''' ({{zh|c=湖南|湖南|p=Húnán}}; {{Audio-nohelp|zh-Hunan.ogg|listen}}) is a [[province of China|province]] of South Central [[People's Republic of China|China]], in the middle reaches of the [[Yangtze River]] and south of [[Lake Dongting]] (The characters in the name ''Hunan'' mean "lake" and "south"<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://www.people.com.cn/GB/shenghuo/1090/2435218.html Origin of the Names of China's Provinces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427100058/http://www.people.com.cn/GB/shenghuo/1090/2435218.html |date=2016-04-27 }}, [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn People's Daily Online].</ref>). Hunan is sometimes called 湘 ({{zh|p=Xiāng}}) for short, after the [[Xiang River]] which runs through the province.

Its major cities are Changde, [[Changsha]], Chenzhou, [[Hengyang]], Huaihua, Loudi, Shaoyang, Xiangtan, Yiyang, [[Yongzhou]], Yueyang, Zhangjiajie and Zhuzhou.

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