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Hunan

Chinese province
Hunan, a mountainous province in southern China, was the early home of Communist leader Mao Zedong. The village of Shaoshan, where Mao was born in 1893, welcomes visitors to his mud-brick childhood house and the Mao Zedong Memorial Museum. In...
Capital: Changsha
Population: 67.37 million (2014)
Area: 81,081 mi²
Demonym: Hunanese
HDI (2021): 0.762; high · 15th
Highest elevation (Mount Lingfeng): 2,115.2 m (6,939.6 ft)
ISO 3166 code: CN-HN