Xiangtan is a city in Hunan province, People's Republic of China, 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 Dynasty painter Qi Baishi and scholar-general Zeng Guofan.As of 2010, it had 2,748,552 inhabitants, of whom 1,779,960 lived in the built-up area. Together with the four adjoining urban districts of Zhuzhou, its built-up area is home to 2,586,948 inhabitants.
