Hunan:One of China's Most Important Provinces in Agricultural Production

摘要

@@Hunan Province lies in the south of the middle reaches of Changjiang River (Yangtze River) and the south of Dongting Lake, in 108°47′-114°15′(E) and 24?9′ -30°08′(N). It borders on Jiangxi Province in the east, provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou and Chongqing Municipality in the west, provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi the south and Hubei Province the north.With the territory ranking the l lth place in the country, Hunan covers 0.2118 million km2 of land area, including about 0.3267 million ha farmland,17.067 million ha mountainous and hilly areas and 1.334 million ha water areas. The province governs 14 administrative prefectures or cities, 136counties or districts, and has a population of 64.65 million, with 53.5 million of them, that is,83.8% of the province's total, engaging in agricultural production.