What was the name of Changsha in ancient times?

Changsha was called Changsha in ancient times and Tanzhou in ancient times.

In 22 1 year BC, Changsha County was established with Changsha as the center, in the range of north and south of Hubei, south of Nanling, east and west of Jiangxi, and west of Yuanshui River Basin.

According to records, Changsha belongs to Sanmiao country in summer. After China conquered Sanmiao, Changsha became the residence of Yangyue people, named Sha, which means that there are white sands on both sides of Xiangjiang River, and with the ancient Vietnamese language, it was named Changsha.

In the ninth year of Emperor Wendi, there was Zhaotan in Changsha, Tanzhou was changed to Tanzhou, Tanzhou General Political Department was established, and Linxiang County was changed to Changsha County, which was the beginning of the name of Changsha County. Yang Di Waste Tanzhou, after Changsha County, Changsha County is the governing county.

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Changsha's commercial prosperity. Since ancient times, merchants have gathered and trade has flourished, and it became one of the four rice markets in China in the late Qing Dynasty. A number of modern commodity facilities have been built one after another, and the volume, transaction volume and radiation area of urban commercial activities have an important position in the province and even the whole country. Catering, culture, tourism, real estate and other service industries stand out.

Banking, insurance, securities and foreign exchange transactions have become increasingly active, and the pace of integration with international finance has obviously accelerated. Moreover, education and technology are developed. At present, there are 37 colleges and universities with 270,000 students, 97 research and development institutions and more than 270,000 scientific and technical personnel, especially in systems engineering, information engineering, bioengineering and materials engineering.

The number of patent applications ranks in the forefront of provincial capitals in China, and technologies such as hybrid rice, Galaxy supercomputer, test-tube baby, genetic engineering and maglev train have reached the international leading level.

Changsha's transportation and communication are also very convenient, basically forming a modern transportation system by land, sea and air. Changsha Huanghua Airport is an international airport with 39 direct flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Bangkok and other megacities and regions.

A provincial expressway network centered on Changsha has been formed. 107, 3 19 and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway all converge in the urban area, and Changsha is listed as one of the 45 major highway hub cities in China.

Changsha is also a national railway transportation hub, with Beijing-Guangzhou double-track running through the north and south, and Hunan-Guizhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi and Shijiazhuang-Changzhou lines running through the east and west. The first phase project of Xianing Port Area, the main hub of Changsha Port, has been completed and put into use, with a thousand-ton production capacity. Changsha's comprehensive communication capacity ranks third in China, and it can communicate with more than 80 countries and regions at home and abroad.

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