Editing Hunan (section)

===Urban areas===
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! colspan="6" | Population by urban areas of prefecture & county cities
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!#!!City!!style ="background-color: #aaaaff;"|Urban area<ref name="2010PRCcensus"/>!!style ="background-color: #aaffaa;"|District area<ref name="2010PRCcensus"/>!!style ="background-color: #ffaaaa;"|City proper<ref name="2010PRCcensus">{{cite book |author=国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 |date=2012 |script-title=zh:中国2010年人口普查分县资料 |location=Beijing |publisher=[[:zh:中国统计出版社|China Statistics Print]] |isbn=978-7-5037-6659-6 }}</ref>!!Census date
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|1||'''[[Changsha]]'''{{efn|name=Changsha|New district established after census: [[Wangcheng District|Wangcheng (Wangcheng County)]]. The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.}}||2,963,218||3,092,213||7,040,952||2010-11-01
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|(1)||Changsha {{small|(new district)}}{{efn|name=Changsha}}||230,136||523,660||{{small|''see Changsha''}}||2010-11-01
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|2||[[Hengyang]]||1,115,645||1,133,967||7,148,344||2010-11-01
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|3||[[Zhuzhou]]{{efn|name=Zhuzhou|New district established after census: [[Lukou District|Lukou (Zhuzhou County)]]. The new district not included in the urban area & district area count of the pre-expanded city.}}||999,404||1,055,150||3,857,100||2010-11-01
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|(3)||Zhuzhou {{small|(new district)}}{{efn|name=Zhuzhou}}||94,326||383,598||{{small|''see Zhuzhou''}}||2010-11-01
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|4||[[Yueyang]]||924,099||1,231,509||5,476,084||2010-11-01
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|5||[[Xiangtan]]||903,287||960,303||2,752,171||2010-11-01
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|6||[[Changde]]||846,308||1,457,419||5,714,623||2010-11-01
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|7||[[Yiyang]]||697,607||1,245,517||4,307,933||2010-11-01
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|8||[[Liuyang]]||588,081||1,279,469||{{small|''see Changsha''}}||2010-11-01
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|9||[[Chenzhou]]||582,971||822,534||4,583,531||2010-11-01
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|10||[[Shaoyang]]||574,527||753,194||7,071,735||2010-11-01
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|11||[[Yongzhou]]||540,930||1,020,715||5,194,275||2010-11-01
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|(12)||[[Ningxiang]]{{efn|name=Ningxiang|Ningxiang County is currently known as Ningxiang CLC after census.}}||498,055||1,166,138||{{small|''see Changsha''}}||2010-11-01
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|13||[[Leiyang]]||476,173||1,151,554||{{small|''see Hengyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|14||[[Huaihua]]||472,687||552,622||4,741,673||2010-11-01
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|15||[[Liling]]||449,067||947,387||{{small|''see Zhuzhou''}}||2010-11-01
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|16||[[Loudi]]||425,037||496,744||3,784,634||2010-11-01
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|17||[[Changning, Hunan|Changning]]||332,927||810,447||{{small|''see Hengyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|18||[[Miluo City|Miluo]]||321,074||692,080||{{small|''see Yueyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|19||[[Yuanjiang]]||281,097||666,270||{{small|''see Yiyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|20||[[Zhangjiajie]]||250,489||494,528||1,478,149||2010-11-01
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|21||[[Lianyuan]]||245,360||995,515||{{small|''see Loudi''}}||2010-11-01
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|22||[[Lengshuijiang]]||238,275||327,146||{{small|''see Loudi''}}||2010-11-01
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|23||[[Linxiang, Hunan|Linxiang]]||225,054||498,319||{{small|''see Yueyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|24||[[Zixing]]||215,707||337,294||{{small|''see Chenzhou''}}||2010-11-01
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|25||[[Jishou]]||212,328||302,065||{{small|''part of [[Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture|Xiangxi Prefecture]]''}}||2010-11-01
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|26||[[Xiangxiang]]||210,799||788,216||{{small|''see Xiangtan''}}||2010-11-01
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|27||[[Hongjiang]]||197,753||477,996||{{small|''see Huaihua''}}||2010-11-01
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|28||[[Wugang, Hunan|Wugang]]||187,436||734,870||{{small|''see Shaoyang''}}||2010-11-01
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|29||[[Jinshi City|Jinshi]]||156,230||250,898||{{small|''see Changde''}}||2010-11-01
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|30||[[Shaoshan]]||27,613||86,036||{{small|''see Xiangtan''}}||2010-11-01
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{{Largest cities
|largest = Most populous
|country = Hunan
|kind = cities
|stat_ref = Source: ''China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018'' Urban Population and Urban Temporary Population<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development]] of the People's Republic of China(MOHURD) |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |date=2019 |title=中国城市建设统计年鉴2018 |trans-title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018 |language=zh |location=Beijing |publisher=China Statistic Publishing House |access-date=2021-11-30 |archive-date=2020-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718211023/http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02020032722244243052500000.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|list_by_pop =

|city_1 = Changsha
|pop_1 = 3,744,300
|img_1 = Changsha_2019_2.jpg

|city_2 = Hengyang
|pop_2 = 1,437,900
|img_2 = 衡阳市人民政府.jpg

|city_3 = Zhuzhou
|pop_3 = 1,152,600
|img_3 = 株洲神农公园.jpg

|city_4 = Changde
|pop_4 = 997,900
|img_4 = Simalou on Liuye lake in Changde.jpg

|city_5 = Yueyang
|pop_5 = 892,000

|city_6 = Chenzhou
|pop_6 = 842,000

|city_7 = Xiangtan
|pop_7 = 817,700

|city_8 = Shaoyang
|pop_8 = 712,300

|city_9 = Yiyang
|pop_9 = 668,200

|city_10 = Huaihua
|pop_10 = 624,000

|city_11 = Yongzhou
|pop_11 = 574,500

|city_12 = Leiyang
|pop_12 = 573,000

|city_13 = Loudi
|pop_13 = 516,800

|city_14 = Ningxiang
|pop_14 = 472,700

|city_15 = Jishou
|pop_15 = 315,000

|city_16 = Changning, Hunan{{!}}Changning
|pop_16 = 300,000

|city_17 = Wugang, Hunan{{!}}Wugang
|pop_17 = 290,000

|city_18 = Liuyang
|pop_18 = 260,100

|city_19 = Liling
|pop_19 = 247,500

|city_20 = Xiangxiang
|pop_20 = 235,000
}}