South-central China
Hunan
Xiangxi Tujia & Miao Autonomous Prefecture

Fenghuang

Fenghuang is a well-preserved ancient town in western Province, about a half hour south of . It is the birthplace of author Shen Congwen 沈从文 and residence of artist Huang Yongyu 黄永玉.
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  • Type: City with 116,000 residents
  • Description: administration of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province
  • Also known as: “Ancient City of Fenghuang”, “Feng-huang Hsien”, “Fenghuang County”, “风凰”, and “风凰县”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuojiang.

Town
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Town is an ancient town and the seat of Fenghuang County in , . It has an area of 191.7 km2 with a population of 112,200. The town has 29 villages and 7 communities under its jurisdiction, its seat is at Fenghuang South Road.

Fenghuang

Latitude
27.9513° or 27° 57′ 5″ north
Longitude
109.5942° or 109° 35′ 39″ east
Population
116,000
Elevation
657 metres (2,156 feet)
Open location code
7PVFXH2V+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 341697811
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1811336
Wiki­data ID
Q664864
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Yue Chinese—“Fenghuang” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဖုန့်ဟွမ်ရှေးဟောင်းမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Fenghuang”
  • Cebuano: “Fenghuang Xian”
  • Chinese: “Fènghuáng Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “Hōng-hông-koān”
  • Chinese: “凤凰”
  • Chinese: “凤凰县”
  • Chinese: “鳳凰”
  • Chinese: “鳳凰縣”
  • Czech: “Feng-chuang (Chu-nan)”
  • Czech: “Feng-chuang”
  • Dutch: “Fenghuang (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Fenghuang”
  • French: “Fenghuang”
  • French: “xian de Fenghuang”
  • French: “Xian de Fenghuang”
  • Gan Chinese: “凤凰县”
  • German: “Fenghuang”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Fenghuang”
  • Italian: “contea di Fenghuang”
  • Italian: “Contea di Fenghuang”
  • Japanese: “鳳凰県”
  • Korean: “펑황현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hōng-hông-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fenghuang”
  • Norwegian: “Fenghuang”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فنگهوانگ”
  • Russian: “Фынхуан”
  • Russian: “Фэнхуан”
  • Scots: “Fenghuang Coonty”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Fenghuang”
  • Spanish: “Fenghuang”
  • Swedish: “Fenghuang, Xiangxi”
  • Swedish: “Fenghuang”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลเฟิ่งหวง”
  • Thai: “เฟิงหวง”
  • Thai: “อำเภอเฟิ่งหวง”
  • Ukrainian: “Фенхуан”
  • Vietnamese: “Phượng Hoàng cổ trấn”
  • Vietnamese: “Phượng Hoàng, Tương Tây”
  • Vietnamese: “Phượng Hoàng”
  • Wu Chinese: “凤凰县”
  • Yue Chinese: “鳳凰縣”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Fenghuang”. Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.