Zhuzhou

Zhuzhou 株洲市 Chuchow
Prefecture-level city
Shennong Park in March 2019
Location of Zhuzhou City jurisdiction in Hunan
Zhuzhou Location of the city centre in Hunan
Coordinates (Zhuzhou municipal government): 27°49′44″N 113°07′59″E / 27.829°N 113.133°E / 27.829; 113.133
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Municipal seat	Tianyuan District
Government
• mayor	Mao Tengfei
Area
• Prefecture-level city	11,262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	862.69 km2 (333.09 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	3,855,609
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	1,145,100
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 361.7 billion US$ 53.6 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 93,431 US$ 13,893
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-HN-02

Zhuzhou (Chinese: 株洲; Chinese: 株洲; pinyin: Zhū zhoū, joo-joh; ),^[3] formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the "Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region, also known as Changzhutan Golden Triangle" (comprising the cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan). The city has jurisdiction over five counties (Yanling, Chaling, Youxian, Liling, Zhuzhou) and four districts (Hetang, Lusong, Shifeng and Tianyuan, a high-tech industrial development zone), and covers an area of 11,420 km² (4,410 sq mi).^[4]

As of the 2022 census^[update], Zhuzhou had 3,871,100 inhabitants,^[5] of whom 1,055,373 lived in the built-up area (4 urban districts). With Xiangtan areas adjoining Zhuzhou due to be agglomerated in a few years' time, the joint built-up area will be home to 2,933,069 inhabitants. Zhuzhou is located in a subtropical monsoon climate zone and with its abundant mineral and organic resources has one of the highest agricultural yields in Hunan province. Zhuzhou is home to a provincial public university of Hunan University of Technology.^[6]