Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities # City Urban area[23] District area[23] City proper[23] Census date 1 Changsha[lower-alpha 1] 2,963,218 3,092,213 7,040,952 2010-11-01 (1) Changsha (new district)[lower-alpha 1] 230,136 523,660 see Changsha 2010-11-01 2 Hengyang 1,115,645 1,133,967 7,148,344 2010-11-01 3 Zhuzhou[lower-alpha 2] 999,404 1,055,150 3,857,100 2010-11-01 (3) Zhuzhou (new district)[lower-alpha 2] 94,326 383,598 see Zhuzhou 2010-11-01 4 Yueyang 924,099 1,231,509 5,476,084 2010-11-01 5 Xiangtan 903,287 960,303 2,752,171 2010-11-01 6 Changde 846,308 1,457,419 5,714,623 2010-11-01 7 Yiyang 697,607 1,245,517 4,307,933 2010-11-01 8 Liuyang 588,081 1,279,469 see Changsha 2010-11-01 9 Chenzhou 582,971 822,534 4,583,531 2010-11-01 10 Shaoyang 574,527 753,194 7,071,735 2010-11-01 11 Yongzhou 540,930 1,020,715 5,194,275 2010-11-01 (12) Ningxiang[lower-alpha 3] 498,055 116,6138 see Changsha 2010-11-01 13 Leiyang 476,173 1,151,554 see Hengyang 2010-11-01 14 Huaihua 472,687 552,622 4,741,673 2010-11-01 15 Liling 449,067 947,387 see Zhuzhou 2010-11-01 16 Loudi 425,037 496,744 3,784,634 2010-11-01 17 Changning 332,927 810,447 see Hengyang 2010-11-01 18 Miluo 321,074 692,080 see Yueyang 2010-11-01 19 Yuanjiang 281,097 666,270 see Yiyang 2010-11-01 20 Zhangjiajie 250,489 494,528 1,478,149 2010-11-01 21 Lianyuan 245,360 995,515 see Loudi 2010-11-01 22 Lengshuijiang 238,275 327,146 see Loudi 2010-11-01 23 Linxiang 225,054 498,319 see Yueyang 2010-11-01 24 Zixing 215,707 337,294 see Chenzhou 2010-11-01 25 Jishou 212,328 302,065 part of Xiangxi Prefecture 2010-11-01 26 Xiangxiang 210,799 788,216 see Xiangtan 2010-11-01 27 Hongjiang 197,753 477,996 see Huaihua 2010-11-01 28 Wugang 187,436 734,870 see Shaoyang 2010-11-01 29 Jinshi 156,230 250,898 see Changde 2010-11-01 30 Shaoshan 27,613 86,036 see Xiangtan 2010-11-01