Huarong
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Huarong County is the north-western county of Yueyang
city in Hunan
province, China
. It is bordered by the Yangtze River
and Hubei on the north.
to the southeast leave for Huarong around every fifteen or twenty minutes, and the trip takes about one hour. Direct buses also run to and from Yichang
(4 hours), Zhangjiajie
(7 hours), Changsha (3 hours), Xiangtan
(4 hours), Zhuzhou
(4 hours) and many other places around China. Huarong is currently inaccessible by train, though this has been locally discussed as a future development. Northeast of Huarong (by about 45 minutes) lies Dongshan
, a mountain town with a temple and a large reservoir.
at The First Middle School. Huarong county is plagued by annual floods, though these floods rarely reach the town itself.
（兴华） brand of beer is produced. The largest prison in Hunan is located just to the east of Huarong along the road to Yueyang, surrounded by fields. These fields are mainly used to grow pumpkins, and are cultivated by the prisoners. The surrounding area is home to many fish farms, large cotton fields, and rice paddies
.
Huarong is the planned site for China's next nuclear power plant
, to be built at an isolated location about an hour from the center of town (near the Yangtze river).
Yueyang
Yueyang is a prefecture-level city at the northeastern corner of Hunan province, South Central China, on the southern shores of Dongting Lake.The Yueyang metropolitan area occupies 14,896 km². and the city proper occupies 304 km²...
city in Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
province, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. It is bordered by the Yangtze River
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
and Hubei on the north.
Travel
Buses from YueyangYueyang
Yueyang is a prefecture-level city at the northeastern corner of Hunan province, South Central China, on the southern shores of Dongting Lake.The Yueyang metropolitan area occupies 14,896 km². and the city proper occupies 304 km²...
to the southeast leave for Huarong around every fifteen or twenty minutes, and the trip takes about one hour. Direct buses also run to and from Yichang
Yichang
Yichang is a prefecture-level city located in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. It is the second largest city in Hubei province after the province capital, Wuhan. The Three Gorges Dam is located within its administrative area, in Yiling District.-History:In ancient times Yichang...
(4 hours), Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie
Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan province in China. It comprises the district of Yongding and counties of Cili and Sangzhi...
(7 hours), Changsha (3 hours), Xiangtan
Xiangtan
Xiangtan is a city in China's Hunan Province that is located on the lower reaches of Xiang river. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and Peng Dehuai are in the Xiangtan Municipal District, as well as the hometowns of Qing...
(4 hours), Zhuzhou
Zhuzhou
Zhuzhou , formerly Jianning, is a city in Hunan Province, China, southeast of Changsha beside the Xiangjiang River. It is part of the "ChangZhuTan Golden Triangle"...
(4 hours) and many other places around China. Huarong is currently inaccessible by train, though this has been locally discussed as a future development. Northeast of Huarong (by about 45 minutes) lies Dongshan
Dongshan
Dongshan may refer to any of:*Tung-shan, also known as Dongshan Liangjie, a 9th century Chán teacher;*Dongshan Shouchu, a 10th century Chinese Zen teacher;*Dongshan, Yilan, rural township in Yilan County, Taiwan ;...
, a mountain town with a temple and a large reservoir.
Growth
Huarong has a population of around 100,000 people. It lies on opposite banks of the Huarong river, connected by two large traffic bridges. It is home to one of Hunan's key middle schools, The First Middle School of Huarong County（华容县第一中学, or simply 华容一中）. Huarong has very little tourism, and the foreign population is usually 2-3 people, generally English teachersEnglish Teachers
English Teachers is a Canadian documentary television series. The series, which airs on Canada's Life Network, and internationally, profiles several young Canadians teaching English as a Second Language in Taipei, Taiwan....
at The First Middle School. Huarong county is plagued by annual floods, though these floods rarely reach the town itself.
Industry
One of Huarong's main industries is a beer factory, where the XinghuaXinghua
This article is about the city. For other uses, see Xinghua.Xinghua City is a county-level city in Taizhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China...
（兴华） brand of beer is produced. The largest prison in Hunan is located just to the east of Huarong along the road to Yueyang, surrounded by fields. These fields are mainly used to grow pumpkins, and are cultivated by the prisoners. The surrounding area is home to many fish farms, large cotton fields, and rice paddies
Paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia. Paddies can be built into steep hillsides as terraces and adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such...
.
Huarong is the planned site for China's next nuclear power plant
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
, to be built at an isolated location about an hour from the center of town (near the Yangtze river).