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Changsha, also known as Star City, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, and mega city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. As of the end of 2021, the city has jurisdiction over 6 municipal districts, 1 county, and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 11,819 square kilometers, a built-up area of 567.32 square kilometers, and a total resident population of 10.2393 million. people. In 2021, Changsha will achieve a regional GDP of 1,327.07 billion yuan
Changsha is located in Central China, the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the western margin of the Changliu Basin, and the eastern part of Hunan Province. Changsha is a national pilot area for comprehensive reform of the "two-oriented society", an important grain production base in China, an important node city in the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Economic Belt,is a comprehensive transportation hub and a national logistics hub.
Changsha is the city with the best international image in China (mainland), the cultural capital of East Asia, the world's "media art capital". Created cultural brands such as "TV Hunan Army", "Publishing Hunan Army" and "Animation Hunan Army". Changsha has 51 colleges and universities, 97 independent scientific research institutions, 73 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 14 national engineering technology research centers, and 15 national key engineering laboratories; "Tianhe" supercomputer, the first domestic 3D sintering printer and other scientific research achievements.