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　　The name of Xiangtan comes from its geographical features. On the one hand,it is said that this place is located in the Xiangjiang River, and "Tan" isnamed "Xiangtan". On the other hand, it is more widely accepted, that is, it isnamed Xiangzhou Tan, or zhaotan, in the Xiangjiang River under Zhaoshanmountain. This tan is actually a deeper section of the Xiangjiang River, but itis quite famous because of its legendary connection with King Zhao of Zhou. As amain geographical feature, it has been named Xiangtan County since the TangDynasty.

　　In Xiangtan City, Xiangnan County, the first county government, was set upin Han Dynasty, and the county town (now Shitan Town, Xiangtan County, GuchengVillage) was built. Since the Tang Dynasty, Xiangtan County was transferred toLuokou (now Yishuhe town of Xiangtan County), which has been established formore than 1200 years. The ancient residents in Xiangtan are known at least 5000years ago.

　　Xiangtan city is a typical low Mountain hilly landform, which belongs tothe basin range mountain system of pseudo mountain, Hengshan and Juanshui basin.The landform outline is higher in the north, West and south, surrounded by lowand medium mountains with Shaofeng, Baozhong, Changshan and Xiaoxia mountains asthe main body; In the middle and East, the terrain is low and flat, withXiangjiang River, Lianhe River and Juan River as the main water systemdistribution. The whole city takes "four mountains, one river and two rivers" asthe skeleton to form a hilly basin terrain opening to the northeast. The urbanarea is located in the valley plain of the lower reaches of Xiangjiang River atthe opening of the basin. The highest point is located in the Western Baozhongmountain, 793 meters above sea level. The lowest point is jinmazhou at the footof Zhaoshan mountain, 30.7 meters above sea level. It can be roughly dividedinto three geomorphic types, i.e. tectonic erosion low hill landform, tectonicerosion denudation low hill landform and erosion accumulation valley plainlandform.