China (CN) Hunan Province Xiangtan Region

Xiangtan Region (湘潭市 Xiāngtán-shì)

Summary

Xiangtan is a major city with a population of 700 000. The major towns of Xiangxiang (70 000) and Xiangtanxian (40 000) are county seats in the region.

Detailed Analysis

Xiangtan Region contains the Xiangtan metropolitan area, 2 metropolitan counties, and Xiangtan County. Its area is 5 006 km² and its population is 2 672 069.

The Xiangtan metropolitan area has an area of 280 km² and a population of 707 783. The city of Xiangtan has a population of 501 467 in 18 street committees. The 2000 Census gives a population of 616 721 with suburbs. The 1982 Census gives a population of 482 959 in 289 km² for the Zhuzhou metropolitan area, suggesting about 400 000 in the urban area. This gives a long-run growth rate of 2.4% and a 2004 estimated population of 700 000 corresponding to the measured area of 46 km².

Yuetang District (岳塘区 Yuètáng-qū) 206 km²

10 street committees of Xiangtan, 2 urban townships, 4 rural townships (344 912): 岳塘街道 53636 东平街道 9959 中洲路街道 33067 书院路街道 30459 下摄司街道 9848 建设路街道 23840 滴水埠街道 13865 五里堆街道 18879 社建村街道 16137 宝塔街道 31971 易家湾镇 19604 双马镇 15246 霞城乡 23989 板塘乡 10707 荷塘乡 19572 昭山乡 14133

Bantang (板塘 Bǎntáng), and Xiacheng (霞城 Xiáchéng) are suburbs of Xiangtan.

Huangjiahu (黄家湖 Huángjiāhú) in Yijiawan urban township (易家湾 Yìjiāwān) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 16 000.

Yuhu District (雨湖区 Yǔhú-qū) 74 km²

8 street committees of Xiangtan, 2 urban townships, 4 rural townships (362 871): 雨湖街道 32447 城正街道 44551 平政街道 8859 云塘街道 42566 广场街道 42731 中山街道 32803 窑湾街道 14006 羊牯塘街道 22239 鹤岭镇 15387 楠竹山镇 26724 昭潭乡 21109 护潭乡 16688 长城乡 27825 先锋乡 14936

Changcheng (长城 Chángchéng), Hutan (护潭 Hùtán), Xianfeng (先锋 Xiānfēng), and Zhaotan (昭潭 Zhāotán) are suburbs of Xiangtan.

Nanzhushan (楠竹山 Nánzhúshān) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 16 000. The township is an exclave of the Xiangtan metropolitan area separated from it by Xiangtan County.

Heling (鹤岭 Hèlǐng) has an area of 1.4 km² and an estimated population of 9 500. The township is an exclave of the Xiangtan metropolitan area separated from it by Xiangtan County.

Xiangtan University (湘潭大学 Xiāngtán Dàxué) in Changcheng rural township has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 20 000.

Shaoshan Metropolitan County (韶山市 Sháoshān-shì) 210 km²

3 urban townships, 5 rural townships (95 299): 清溪镇 11792 银田镇 5951 如意镇 14028 韶山乡 14948 永义乡 9551 银田乡 10086 杨林乡 15168 大坪乡 13775

There are no urban areas with an area of 1.0 km² or greater in this county.

Xiangxiang Metropolitan County (湘乡市 Xiāngxiāng-shì) 2 003 km²

4 street committees of Xiangxiang, 13 urban townships, 5 rural townships (807 718): 望春门街道 33185 新湘路街道 30729 昆仑桥街道 38139 东山街道 18086 山枣镇 43042 栗山镇 23375 中沙镇 22978 虞塘镇 30649 潭市镇 42882 棋梓镇 50846 壶天镇 40796 翻江镇 34423 金石镇 33438 白田镇 40564 月山镇 54060 泉塘镇 45922 梅桥镇 43559 东郊乡 48824 毛田乡 31905 金薮乡 33343 育煅乡 32787 龙洞乡 34186

Xiangxiang (120 139) has an area of 6.8 km² and an estimated population of 70 000.

Xiangtan County (湘潭县 Xiāngtán-xiàn) 2 513 km²

15 urban townships, 7 rural townships (1 061 269): 易俗河镇 58172 梅林桥镇 47487 谭家山镇 46631 中路铺镇 57422 茶恩寺镇 40236 河口镇 43509 射埠镇 59153 花石镇 51372 青山桥镇 40091 石鼓镇 44279 姜畲镇 53140 云湖桥镇 58708 石潭镇 67822 扬嘉桥镇 59317 乌石镇 34006 响塘乡 56182 响水乡 62101 分水乡 33868 排头乡 59584 龙口乡 26278 锦石乡 26377 白石乡 35534

Xiangtanxian is in Yisuhe urban township (易俗河 Yìsúhé) and has an area of 4.1 km² and an estimated population of 40 000.