Hengyang is the second largest city of Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of the provincial capital of Changsha.
Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial City and the leading transportation centre of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes.
Hengyang has been the birthplace of many historical figures, such the revolutionist Luo Ronghuan and a noted Ming scholar Wang Fuzhi