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Changsha City
Total area: 11,819 km2
Permanent population: 10.6165 million (2024)
Major industrial products: Cranes, automobiles, and tobacco
Major agricultural products: Grain, tea, fruit, and livestock (pork, beef, and lamb)
Major mines: Iron, manganese, vanadium, copper, and lead
Airport: Huanghua International Airport
Main railway stations: Changsha Railway Station, Changsha South Railway Station, and Changsha West Railway Station (under construction)
GDP: 1526.878 billion CNY (2024)
Sum of exports: 178.131 billion CNY (2024)
Sum of imports: 99.61 billion CNY (2024)
Per capita disposable income of urban residents: 69,658 CNY (2024)
Changsha City, Hunan's capital, is the political, economic, cultural, transportation, science and technology, financial, and information center of the province. It is an important city located in the Yangtze River middle reaches. It is a pilot area of the national "Resource-saving and Environment-friendly Society" construction. It is a nationally important grain center. It is a node city of the city cluster along the Yangtze River middle reaches, and the Yangtze Economic Belt. It is a hub for the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway, and Chongqing-Xiamen High-speed Railway.
International friendship cities:
• Brazzaville City, Congo
• Kagoshima City, Japan
• St. Paul City, U.S.A.
• Chua Chu Kang, Singapore
• Fribourg City, Switzerland
• Jersey City, U.S.A.
• Gumi, South Korea
• Mons City, Belgium
• City of New Haven, U.S.A.
• Mogilev, Belarus
• Entebbe, Uganda
• Auburn, Australia
• Annapolis, America
• Santo Domingo Este, the Dominican Republic
• Montargis, France (with Changsha County)
Updated in June 2025