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Xiangfan

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Xiangfan or Hsiang-fan , city (1994 est. pop. 606,100), N Hubei prov., E central China, on the Han River; formed from the merger of the ancient cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng (on opposite banks of the Han) and surrounding areas. Xiangfan is a rail junction and an industrial and distribution center with such industries as food and tobacco processing, textiles, automobiles and auto parts, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and aviation. Rural sections of the city grow grains, oil crops, cotton, tobacco, fruits and vegetables and raise hogs, sheep, and poultry.

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Xiangfan

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Xiangfan, Hubei/China In 1950 the two cities of Xiangyang on the south bank of the Han River and Fancheng on the north merged and the name is thus a combination of the two previous names. Xiangyang received its name from its position on the yáng ‘north bank’ of the Xiang River. Fancheng ‘Fan Town’ was named after the fiefdom of Fán and chéng ‘town’.

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