Hengyang

Hengyang (Simplified Chinese: 衡阳; Traditional Chinese: 衡陽; Hanyu Pinyin: Héngyáng) is the second largest city of China's Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 300 miles south of Changsha, Hunan's capital.

The estimated population of Hengyang as of 2002 was 561,600 persons.

Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial city.

It is the leading transportation center of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway routes. Manufactures include chemicals, agricultural and mining equipment, textiles, paper, and processed foods. Lead, zinc, coal, and tin mines are nearby. Its former name was Hengzhou (Hengchow).

In the early 1990s about 50 people were killed there during a stampede to catch a train at the railway station.