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15 July 2015

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Zhuzhou City

Total area: 11,262 km2
Permanent population: 3.852 million (2023)
GDP: 366.79 billion CNY (2023)

Major industrial products: Railway transport, nonferrous metal smelting, and basic chemical industry
Major agricultural products: Grain, and pork
Major mines: Coal, iron, tungsten, tin, and columbium
Total length of railways: 482 km
Total length of roads: 14,000 km 
Sum of exports: 1.403 billion CNY (2023)
Sum of imports: 5.55 billion CNY (2023)
Actual use of foreign investment: 16.27 million USD (2023)
Per capita disposable income: 47,123 CNY (2023) 
Forest coverage: 56.71% (2022)

Zhuzhou, located to the southeast of Changsha and bordering Jiangxi to the east, is the second largest city in Hunan Province and part of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiang City Cluster. Zhuzhou City now governs five districts of Hetang, Lusong, Shifeng, Tianyuan, and Lukou; three counties of Youxian, Chaling, and Yanling; and, takes charge of Liling, a county-level city. The area under Zhuzhou's jurisdiction is 11,262 square kilometers. The Xiangjiang River flows through Zhuzhou, which makes it one of the eight river ports of Hunan Province.

International friendship cities: 

• Navoi City, Uzbekistan
• Fredrikstad, Norway
• Nha Trang, Vietnam
• Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
• Pocheon, South Korea
• Durham, U.S.A
• Mizunami, Japan


Data Source: Zhuzhou Municipal Statistics Bureau; Office of Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee


Updated in April 2024