Changzhutan or Chang-Zhu-Tan, also Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region or Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Cluster (simplified Chinese: 长株潭城市群; traditional Chinese: 長株潭城市群; pinyin: Cháng-Zhū-Tán Chéngshì Qún) is a city cluster in Hunan province, China, consisting of the provincial capital, Changsha and two other prefecture-level cities: Xiangtan and Zhuzhou; it is the main heavily urbanized region of Hunan and covers an area of 28,087 km2 (10,844 sq mi).
Changzhutan
长株潭城市群 | |
|---|---|
Metropolitan area | |
 Changsha, clockwise from top: Skyline of Changsha, Yuehu Park, Huangxing South Pedestrian Street, Aiwan Pavilion | |
| Country |  China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Largest city | Changsha |
| Area | |
• Metropolitan area | 28,087 km2 (10,844 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,883 km2 (727 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Metropolitan area | 17,000,000 |
| • Urban | 8,300,000 |
| • Urban density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metropolitan area | ¥ 2.029 trillion US$ 301 billion (2022) |
| Area (km2) | Population (2022) | GDP (CN¥)[1] | GDP (US$) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changsha (Chang) | 11,819 | 10,420,600 | CN¥ 1,397 billion | US$ 208 billion |
| Zhuzhou (Zhu) | 11,262 | 3,871,100 | CN¥ 362 billion | US$ 54 billion |
| Xiangtan (Tan) | 5,006 | 2,726,200 | CN¥ 270 billion | US$ 40 billion |
| Changzhutan | 28,087 | 17,000,000 | CN¥ 2,029 billion | US$ 301 billion |
Economist Intelligence Unit identified Chang-Zhu-Tan as one of China's 13 megalopolises in its 2012 report "Supersized Cities", with an estimated 2010 population of 8.3 million and 2009 GDP of 320 million Chinese yuan (CNY)[2] Other sources put the population at 5.92 million.[3]
It covers an area of 1,883 km2 in the urban area with a population of 5.92 million, GDP reaches 568 billion CNY (US$90 billion), GDP per capita of 96,067 CNY (US$15,665), the core area of three cities (Changzhutan metropolis) had an area of 483.77 km2 in 2012.[3] On December 14, 2007, it was issued as Comprehensive Supporting Reform Trial Areas to build a resource conserving and environment friendly society by China NDRC.
The Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway connects the three urban cores and surrounding areas.
References
edit- ^ a b "2022年湖南省各市州地区生产总值（三季度".
- ^ "Supersized Cities". Economist intelligence. Economist Intelligence Unit. 2012.
- ^ a b Hunan Statistical Yearbook 2013 (ISBN 978-7-5037-6971-9)
- ^ "Chang-Zhu-Tan". www.enghunan.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18.