Administrative Divisions
Hunan is divided into 14 prefecture-level divisions, of which 13 are prefecture-level cities and the remaining division an autonomous prefecture. The prefecture-level cities are:
| Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — Prefecture-level city — | |||||
| 1 | Changsha | Tianxin District | 长沙市 Chángshā Shì |
7,044,118 | |
| 2 | Changde | Wuling District | 常德市 Chángdé Shì |
5,747,218 | |
| 3 | Chenzhou | Beihu District | 郴州市 Chénzhōu Shì |
4,581,778 | |
| 4 | Hengyang | Yanfeng District | 衡阳市 Héngyáng Shì |
7,141,462 | |
| 5 | Huaihua | Hecheng District | 怀化市 Huáihuà Shì |
4,741,948 | |
| 6 | Loudi | Louxing District | 娄底市 Lóudǐ Shì |
3,785,627 | |
| 7 | Shaoyang | Shuangqing District | 邵阳市 Shàoyáng Shì |
7,071,826 | |
| 8 | Xiangtan | Yuetang District | 湘潭市 Xiāngtán Shì |
2,748,552 | |
| 9 | Yiyang | Heshan District | 益阳市 Yìyáng Shì |
4,313,084 | |
| 10 | Yongzhou | Lengshuitan District | 永州市 Yǒngzhōu Shì |
5,180,235 | |
| 11 | Yueyang | Yueyanglou District | 岳阳市 Yuèyáng Shì |
5,477,911 | |
| 12 | Zhangjiajie | Yongding District | 张家界市 Zhāngjiājiè Shì |
1,476,521 | |
| 13 | Zhuzhou | Tianyuan District | 株洲市 Zhūzhōu Shì |
3,855,609 | |
| — Autonomous prefecture — | |||||
| 14 | Xiangxi (for Tujia and Miao) |
Jishou | 湘西土家族苗族自治州 Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu |
2,547,833 | |
The fourteen prefecture-level divisions of Hunan are subdivided into 122 county-level divisions (34 districts, sixteen county-level cities, 65 counties, seven autonomous counties). Those are in turn divided into 2587 township-level divisions (1098 towns, 1158 townships, 98 ethnic townships, 225 subdistricts, and eight district public offices).
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