Guizhou, China · Asia
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Changsha is a town located in Guizhou, China. With a population of 1,653, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Changsha sits in China, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Shanghai time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Changsha to your route.
Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. Located in the lower reaches of the Xiang River in northeastern Hunan, it is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, and the third-most populous city in Central China.
The city forms a part of the Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region along withRead more
Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, also known as the Changzhutan City Cluster. Greater Changsha was named one of the 13 emerging mega-cities in China in 2012 by the Economist Intelligence Unit. It is also a National Comprehensive Transportation Hub, and one of the first National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China. Changshanese, a kind of Xiang Chinese, is spoken in the downtown area, while Ningxiangnese and Liuyangnese are also spoken in the counties and cities under its jurisdiction. As of the 2020 Chinese census, the prefecture-level city of Changsha had a population of 10,047,914 inhabitants.
Changsha has a history of more than 2,400 years of urban construction, and the name "Changsha" first appeared in the Yi Zhou Shu written in the pre-Qin era. In the Qin dynasty, the Changsha Commandery was set up, and in the Western Han dynasty, the Changsha Kingdom was established. The Tongguan Kiln in Changsha during the Tang dynasty produced the world's earliest underglaze porcelain, which was exported to Western Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the period of the Five Dynasties, Changsha was the capital of Southern Chu. In the Northern Song dynasty, the Yuelu Academy (later Hunan University) was one of the four major private academies over the last 1000 years. In the late Qing dynasty, Changsha was one of the four major trade cities for rice and tea in China. In 1904, it was opened to foreign trade, and gradually became a revolutionary city. In Changsha, Tan Sitong established the School of Current Affairs, Huang Xing founded the China Arise Society with the slogan "Expel the Tatar barbarians and revive Zhonghua" (驱除鞑虏，复兴中华), and Mao Zedong also carried out his early political movements here. During the Republican Era, Changsha became one of the major home fronts in the Second Sino-Japanese War, but the subsequent Wenxi Fire in 1938 and the three Battles of Changsha from 1939 to 1942 (1939, 1941 and 1941–42) hit Changsha's economy and urban construction hard.
Changsha is now one of the core cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Belt and Road Initiative, a new Chinese first-tier city, and a pioneering area for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. It is also classified as a Beta- (global second-tier) city by the GaWC. Known as the "Construction machinery capital of the world", Changsha has a significant industrial sector with construction machinery and new materials as the main industries, complemented by automobiles, electronic information, household appliances, and biomedicine. Since the 1990s, Changsha has begun to accelerate economic development, and achieved the highest growth rate among China's major cities during the 2000s. The Xiangjiang New Area, the first state-level new area in Central China, was established in 2015. As of 2023, more than 180 Global 500 companies have established branches in Changsha. The city has the 21st largest number of skyscrapers in the world. The Human Development Index of Changsha reached 0.817 (very high) in 2016, which is roughly comparable to a moderately developed country.
As of 2025, Changsha hosted 62 institutions of higher education, ranking 8th among all cities in China. The city is home to four Double First-Class Universities: Hunan, National Defense Technology, Central South, and Hunan Normal. It is a major center of research and innovation in the Asia-Pacific with a high level of scientific research outputs, ranking 23rd globally in 2024. Changsha is the birthplace of super hybrid rice, the Tianhe-1 supercomputer, China's first laser 3D printer, and China's first domestic medium-low speed maglev line. Changsha has been named the first "UNESCO City of Media Arts" in China. The city is home to the Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS), the most influential provincial TV station in China.
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Changsha is located in Guizhou, China, Asia. The coordinates are 28.6878 latitude, 105.9897 longitude.
Changsha has a population of approximately 1,653 people, making it a town in China.
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