Chenzhou

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Chenzhou

Total population

4,667,134

Air quality index

95Moderate

Coordinates25.77°, 113.01°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chenzhou is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers 19,317 square kilometres (7,458 sq mi), 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total population reached 4,581,779 in the 2010 census, 26% of them living in urban areas, 74% of them living in rural areas.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Deng Hua

Chinese military officer

Huang Shiheng

Chinese politician and educator

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Liu Tong

Chinese writer

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Wang Xin

Chinese entrepreneur

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Xie Hexing

Chinese Paralympic athlete

Duan Yixuan

Chinese singer and actress

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Jun Zhao

Chinese physicist on condensed matter physics (born 1980, ORCID: 0000-0002-0421-8934)

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Shi Yiting

Chinese para athletics competitor

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Long Yang

Chinese television presenter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hunan

• Beihu
  1 mi away
• Suxian
  6.3 mi away
• Zhenghe
  15.2 mi away · pop. 50,900
• Zhangshi
  15.9 mi away
• Yangshi
  18.3 mi away
• Zixing
  19.8 mi away · pop. 138,000
• Leiping
  21.6 mi away
• Youma
  24.9 mi away
• Bianjiang
  25.4 mi away
• Yizhang
  25.9 mi away · pop. 153,800
• Xingning
  28 mi away · pop. 238,400
• Aoquan
  29.1 mi away

Browse all places in Hunan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chenzhou

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Tropical Fritillary

Argynnis hyperbius

Seen 2026-06-14

Xylotrupes socrates tonkinensis

Xylotrupes socrates tonkinensis

Seen 2026-06-06

Cosmoscarta exultans

Cosmoscarta exultans

Seen 2026-06-02

Prosopocoilus suturalis

Prosopocoilus suturalis

Seen 2026-06-01

Cylindera delavayi

Cylindera delavayi

Seen 2026-05-31

Aiolocaria hexaspilota

Aiolocaria hexaspilota

Seen 2026-05-31

Saigona fulgoroides

Saigona fulgoroides

Seen 2026-05-31

East Asian Tiger Beetle

Sophiodela chinensis

Seen 2026-05-31

Chinese Moccasin

Deinagkistrodon acutus

Seen 2026-05-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Chenzhou, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.