Does Hunan belong to the south or the north?

Hunan belongs to the south. The north and south of China were bounded by Huaihe River in Qin Dynasty.

Hunan province is located in the south of the Yangtze River and belongs to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Most provinces are in the south of Dongting Lake, so they are called Hunan, so they belong to the south. Xiangjiang River runs through the north and south of the province, so it is also called Xiaoxiang for short, and its capital is in Changsha. It is 667 kilometers wide from east to west and 774 kilometers long from north to south.

The total land area is 2 1 1829 square kilometers, accounting for 2.2 1% of the total land area in China, ranking 10 among all provinces and cities in China. It is located at108 47 ′ ~1415 ′ east longitude, bordering Jiangxi at 24 38 ′ ~ 30 08 ′ north latitude, and bordering on the shogunate and Wugong Mountain in the east. The western part of Guizhou is connected with the eastern edge of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. In the northwest, Wuling Mountain is adjacent to Chongqing; Nanling is adjacent to Guangdong and Guangxi in the south, and the lakeside plain in the north of Hubei.

The extreme position of the provincial boundary is from Huanglianping in Guidong County in the east to Jiucaitang in xinhuang dong autonomous county in the west, Gupo Mountain in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County in the south and Huping Mountain in Shimen County in the north.