Hengshi (Chinese: 横市镇) is a rural town in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China.

As of the 2000[update] census it had a population of 47,491 and an area of 123 square kilometres (47 sq mi).

[2] Tobacco and watermelon are important to the economy.

[2] The S71 Yiyang-Loudi-Hengyang Expressway, which connects Yiyang, Loudi and Hengyang, runs south through Laoliangcang Town, Liushahe Town and Hutian Town to its southern terminus at the junction of Changsha-Shaoshan-Loudi Expressway, and the north through Yujia'ao Township and Huishangang Town to Heshan District of Yiyang.

[3] The Luoyang–Zhanjiang Railway, from Luoyang City, Henan Province to Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, runs through Hengshi Town at Hengshi Railway Station.