Hunan, with its area of 211,800 km2, located in the middle of Southern China, is between the north latitude of 24'39'' and 30'08'', and between the east longitude of 108'47'', and 114'15''.

The name of Hunan was derived from its geographic site, to the south of Dongting Lake, meanwhile, because Xiangjiang River the largest river in this region, it is also called ''Xiang'' for short.