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© Lonely Planet Publications 500 l o n e l y p l a n e t . c o m H Ú N Á N • • H i s t o r y 501 History peasants, establishing a refuge on the moun- Between the 8th and 11th centuries the pop- tainous Húnán–Jiāngxī border in 1927. Húnán 湖南 ulation of Húnán increased fivefold, spurred on by a prosperous agricultural industry Climate along with southerly migration. Under the Subtropical Húnán has more temperate for- Ming and Qing dynasties the region was one ested elevations in the east, west and south.