What was Xiangyang called in ancient times?

Xiangyang was called Nanjun and Nanyang in ancient times.

During the Warring States Period, Chu was defeated by Qin. In the first 223 years, Qin destroyed Chu, and now it is in Qin. Qin is the county, which belongs to Nanjun and Nanyang. Nanjun governs Jiangling and leads six counties, among which Tan, Tan and Yan are Yicheng. Wanxian county governs ten thousand and fourteen counties, among which Deng, Zhuyang, Zan and other counties belong to Wanxian county.

Today, the Western Han Dynasty still belongs to Nanjun County and Nanyang County, and these two counties belong to Jingzhou Secretariat Department. There are twelve counties in China, with Xiangyang, Yicheng, Zhonglu, Tanya and Tanya in Nanjun.

There are Deng, Yin, Yan, Zhuyang and Fuling in Nanyang County. About six years ago, Emperor Gaozu built Xiangyang City and set up Xiangyang County, which was named after the county was located in the Yang of Xiangshui.

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Xiangyang is low in the east and high in the west, and it slopes from northwest to southeast. The hills, hills and mountains in the east, middle and west account for 20%, 40% and 40% of the total area of Xiangyang respectively.

The eastern part is low mountains and hills with an altitude of 90-250 meters. The highest point is Yuhuangding, bordering Henan Province, with an altitude of 778.5 meters. In the middle are hills and plains.

The west is a mountainous area with an altitude of more than 400 meters. Baokang Guanshan is 2000 meters above sea level, which is the highest point in Xiangyang city. There are vascular plants 189 families, 828 genera 1698 species in Xiangyang, among which 93 species belong to 27 families, 50 genera, and seed plants 1605 species belong to 162 families, 778 genera.

There are 6/kloc-0 species of national rare plants in China, including 8 species of national second-class rare trees, such as Taxus chinensis and Taxus chinensis var. China. Taxus mairei, Ginkgo biloba, Davidia involucrata, Taiwania flousiana, Cinnamomum camphora and Metasequoia glyptostroboides.

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