According to the archaeological excavations in Ningxiang, Anxiang, Tianjin, Lixian, Daoxian and peace county, the unearthed cultural relics are proved.
There were human activities in the Paleolithic Age in Hunan 400,000 years ago, and rice was planted more than 1 10,000 years ago. The ancestors of Hunan began to settle in the Neolithic Age as early as 5,000 years ago.
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Hunan Province, referred to as "Xiang" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), with Changsha as the capital, bounded by 24 38 ′ ~ 30 08 ′ north latitude and 65 438+008 47 ′ ~ 65 438+06 5438+04 65 438+05 ′ east longitude.
Hunan is located in the transition zone from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jiangnan hills and Nanling Mountains to Jianghan Plain. It is a horseshoe-shaped landform surrounded by mountains on three sides and open to the north. It is composed of plains, basins, hills, mountains and lakes, spanning the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate. ?
Baidu Encyclopedia-Hunan (People's Republic of China (PRC) Provincial Administrative Region)