Changsha
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长沙 市 Chángshā Shì Changsha |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 12 ' N , 112 ° 58' E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| Hunan | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-HN | ||
| surface | 11,819 km² | ||
| Residents | 7,044,118 (2010) | ||
| density | 596 Ew. / km² | ||
| Post Code | 410000 | ||
| Website | www.changsha.gov.cn | ||
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| mayor | Zhang Jiangfei | ||
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| Structure at district level: | 6 city districts, 1 district, 2 independent cities | ||
| Structure at community level: | 172 street districts, large municipalities and municipalities | ||
| Time zone : | China Standard Time ( UTC + 8 ) | ||
 Changsha City Council
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Changsha ( Chinese 長沙 市 / 长沙 市 , Pinyin ) is the capital of the Chinese province of Hunan . As a district-free city , it has an area of 11,819 km² and approx. 7.04 million inhabitants (2010). The city is located on the Xiang River and is home to the largest Chinese restaurant in the world, the Xihulou .
The city's official website states that 800 high-rise buildings have been built in recent years and 200 are under construction (as of 2012).
Administrative structure
At the county level, Changsha is made up of six boroughs , one county and two independent cities. These are:
- Yuelu district ( 岳麓 区 ), 139 km², 380,000 inhabitants (end of 2003), center, seat of the city government;
- Furong District ( 芙蓉 区 ), 42 km², 350,000 inhabitants;
- Tianxin District ( 天心区 ), 74 km², 400,000 inhabitants;
- District Kaifu ( 开福区 ), km² 187, 400,000 inhabitants;
- District Yuhua ( 雨花区 ) square kilometers 114, 440,000 inhabitants;
- Wangcheng District ( 望 城区 ), 1,361 km², 700,000 inhabitants, main town: Gaotangling Municipality ( 高 塘 岭镇 );
- Changsha County ( 长沙 县 ), 1,997 km², 730,000 inhabitants, capital: Xingsha Municipality ( 星 沙镇 );
- Ningxiang City ( 宁乡 市 ), 2,906 km², 1.29 million inhabitants;
- City Liuyang ( 浏阳市 ), km² 4999, 1.38 million inhabitants.
The then five boroughs (excluding Wangcheng, which only became a borough on May 20, 2011) had a total of around 2.3 million inhabitants in 2010.
Population development
The urbanized agglomeration of Changsha had a population of 4.2 million in 2017. The remaining inhabitants lived in the rural surroundings of the city.
| year | population |
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| 1950 | 577,000 |
| 1960 | 861,000 |
| 1970 | 731,000 |
| 1980 | 830,000 |
| 1990 | 1,089,000 |
| 2000 | 2,182,000 |
| 2010 | 3,155,000 |
| 2017 | 4,232,000 |
history
In 1904, Changsha became a port open to foreigners. In the period that followed, many Europeans and Americans settled there. Foreign influence was particularly evident in the construction of churches, educational institutions and small factories.
From 1912 to 1918 Mao Zedong was a student in Changsha. During this time he turned to communism . He returned to Changsha in April 1919, where he married his second wife, Yang Kaihui . In 2009, a 32 meter high granite bust of the young Mao was erected in Changsha.
In the Second Sino-Japanese War , the strategically important city was fought over. The Chinese were able to repel three attacks in 1939 , 1941 and 1942 , in the fourth battle in 1944 the Japanese were able to take Changsha. The city was largely destroyed and was only rebuilt after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Town twinning
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Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo, since 1982 -
Kagoshima , Japan, since 1982 -
Saint Paul , United States, since 1988 -
Bukit Timah , Singapore, since 1994 -
Freiburg im Üechtland , Switzerland, since 1994 -
Jersey City , United States, since 1995
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Mons , Belgium, since 1998 -
Gumi , South Korea, since 1998 -
Francisco Beltrão , Brazil, since 2000 -
Entebbe , Uganda, since 2003 -
Auburn City , Australia, since 2006 -
Annapolis , United States, since 2008
Educational institutions
- National Defense Science and Technology University (Chinese: 国防 科学 技术 大学; English: National University of Defense Technology NUDT), an institution of the People's Liberation Army
economy
The city is the economic center of Hunan Province.
According to a study from 2014, Changsha has a gross domestic product of 186.41 billion US dollars in purchasing power parity . In the ranking of the economically strongest metropolitan regions worldwide, it was in 60th place. The GDP per capita is $ 25,143 (PEC). The GDP per capita grew by an average of 11.8% annually from 2000 to 2014.
Construction machinery manufacturers Sany and Zoomlion have their headquarters in Changsha.
traffic
On April 29, 2014, the first line of the six -line subway was opened.
The city has an international airport , which has a 2,016 maglev is connected, the Changsha Maglev Express .
sons and daughters of the town
- Zhu Rongji (* 1928), politician, 1998–2003 Prime Minister of China
- He Cui (* 1969), cheng player, music educator and producer
- Zhang Yixing (* 1991), singer, dancer, actor, composer
Web links
- Changsha . China travel guide
- Population in Changsha
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://en.changsha.gov.cn/ ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Changsha's megalomania . Zeit Online , March 14, 2013
- ^ World Gazetteer
- ↑ World Urbanization Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Unknown megacities - The megalomania of Changsha . Zeit Online , March 14, 2013; Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Pictures of the Day - Changsha, China, November 23, 2009 . Sueddeutsche.de, November 22, 2009; Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ Alan Berube, Jesus Leal Trujillo, Tao Ran, and Joseph Parilla: Global Metro Monitor . In: Brookings . January 22, 2015 ( brookings.edu [accessed July 19, 2018]).
- ↑ hjs: Changsha Subway . In: IBSE-Telegram , 282 (5/2014), p. 6.
