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City profile · China · Asia

Guankou

Hunan · China
City population
1,380,000
#120
in China
#3
in Hunan
#365
worldwide
BeijingGuankou
28.159, 113.627 · 1,331 km from Beijing
City population
1,380,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#120
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#365
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Guankou

The city is ringed by major urban centres. Zhuzhou, 59 km away, holds 1,129,687 people; Pingxiang, 64 km distant, has 893,550; and Changsha, also 64 km away, contains 3,093,980. Guankou itself has a population of 1,380,000, making it the third-largest city in Hunan and ranking 365th globally. It sits 1,331 km from Beijing.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#120of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Hunan
#3of 43
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Hunan
Rank in region
#3of 43
Distance to capital
1,331 km
to Beijing
Elevation
79 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
28.159, 113.627
Record updated
2021-09-20
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

56KMXishan98K people59KMZhuzhou1.13M people64KMPingxiang894K people64KMChangsha3.09M people77KMLeifeng28K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Guankou1.38M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Guankou compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Guankou1.38M

Guankou Population FAQ

What is the population of Guankou?

Guankou has a city population of 1,380,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Guankou?

Guankou is in Hunan, China, 1,331 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 28.159, 113.627.

How big is Guankou compared with other cities in China?

It is the 120th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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