Xiaogan
Sign in to saveXiaogan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some northwest of the provincial capital of Wuhan. According to the 2020 census, its population totaled 4,270,371, of whom 988,479 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Xiaonan District.
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Xiaogan, officially known as 孝感市, is a prefecture-level city and big city located in Hubei, China. It shares borders with Suizhou and Xinyang. The city contains the administrative territorial entities of Xiaonan District, Xiaochang County, Dawu County, and Yunmeng County. Its official postal code is 432000, local dialing code is 712, and license plate code is 鄂K.
The city has an area of 8904.41 and a population of 4921000. It is situated in the UTC+08:00 time zone, also identified as Asia/Shanghai. Xiaogan is twinned with Brest.
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Place details
- Locality
- 孝感市
- Region
- 湖北省
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 908,266
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
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Key facts
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- Xiaogan
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- Prefecture-level city
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- Siaokan
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- 孝感市
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- view west towards city's south central area
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- Location of Xiaogan City in Hubei and the PRC
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- Hubei
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- Location of the city centre in Hubei
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- left
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- Country
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- People's Republic of China
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- Hubei
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- Municipal seat
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get in
If you are in North Wuhan Hankou or Hanyang Area, take the Wuhan Metro to Hankou station or Tianhe Airport station. from either of the station, you can take a CHR train to Xiaogan Railway Station East. then you arrive in the east of Xiaogan Xiaonan District. it only takes less than 30 mins to arrive Xiaogan, if you start from Tianhe Airport, 15 mins is enough.
But if you are in South Wuhan Wuchang Area, You can take the train from Wuchan Railway Station to Xiaogan Railways Station.
Or you can take the bus from GUTIANROAD (1st) in Qiaokou District, directly to Xiaogan Bus Station.
See
From People's Square walk west to the somewhat scenic (for downtown) Houhu lake. There is supposed to be a museum north of the Square (go up Chengzhan Road about 600 meters) beside the library.
Sleep
Rooms at the Qiankun Business Hotel on Qiankun Avenue (乾坤大道) were about ¥280 in December 2022 and include breakfast.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Administrative divisions
- Climate
- Food
- Notable people from Xiaogan
- Sister cities
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Xiaogan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China, some northwest of the provincial capital of Wuhan. According to the 2020 census, its population totaled 4,270,371, of whom 988,479 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Xiaonan District.
The city name Xiaogan, meaning Filial Piety Moves Tian (), is from the story of Dong Yong, who sold himself for his father's funeral, in The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xiaogan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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