Chenzhou

Chenzhou 郴州市
Prefecture-level city
Chen River and the residential on the river bank in Chenzhou City
Chenzhou's administrative area in Hunan
Chenzhou Location of the city center in Hunan
Coordinates (Chenzhou municipal government): 25°46′12″N 113°00′58″E / 25.770°N 113.016°E / 25.770; 113.016
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Municipal seat	Beihu District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	19,317 km2 (7,458 sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	580.00 km2 (223.94 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	4,581,778
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
• Urban  (2020)[1]	960,000
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 298.1 billion US$ 44.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 64,279 US$ 9,558
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	423000
Area code	0735
ISO 3166 code	CN-HN-10
License plate prefixes	湘L
Website	en.czs.gov.cn

Chenzhou (Chinese: 郴州; pinyin: Chēnzhōu) is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers 19,317 square kilometres (7,458 sq mi), 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total population reached 4,581,779 in the 2010 census, 26% of them living in urban areas, 74% of them live in rural areas.^[3]