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Zhuzhou
Hunan, China · Asia
About Zhuzhou
Zhuzhou sits on the route: 25 minutes from Lukou.
Zhuzhou is in Hunan, China, with about 1.1 million people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lukou, about 15 km away.
Zhuzhou (Chinese: 株洲; pinyin: Zhūzhōu, joo-joh), 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 asRead more
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).
As of the 2022 census, Zhuzhou had 3,871,100 inhabitants, 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.
Zhuzhou is a key center for Xiang Opera (湘剧) and home to the traditional Xiangxiu Fire Dragon Dance (湘西火龙), performed during the Lantern Festival.
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Zhuzhou is in Hunan, China, about 15 km from Lukou.
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- Population
- 1,129,687
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Hunan
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 27.8333, 113.1500
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