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Leiyang is a county-degree metropolis and the third most populous county-degree division in Hunan Province, China. Leiyang is below the management of the prefecture-stage city of Hengyang. Located on the south of the province, the metropolis is bordered to the north with the aid of Hengnan County, to the west by way of Changning City, to the south by way of Guiyang and Yongxing counties, to the east with the aid of Anren County. Leiyang City covers 2,656 km2 with registered populace of 1,413,913 and resident population of 1,150,241. The town has 6 subdistricts, 19 towns and five townships beneath its jurisdiction, the government seat is Caizichi Subdistrict.

Leiyang is the homeland of Cai Lun, the inventor of Papermaking technology, one of the Four Great Inventions. It has more than 2,000 years of records as an historic town named after the north of Lei River. Archaeological excavation proved that as early as the Neolithic Age, human beings have been lived inside the territory of Leiyang. Until Leiyang was built as a department, it was a part of Jingzhou, one of the Nine Provinces earlier than the Spring and Autumn Period and a part of Chu State in the Warring States duration. In the 26th years of the Qin Shi Huang, Lei County was fashioned and took its call after the Lei River, it became a part of Changsha Commadery.

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