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Heshan

Hunan · China
City population
1,249,807
#136
in China
#4
in Hunan
#415
worldwide
BeijingHeshan
28.569, 112.347 · 1,314 km from Beijing
City population
1,249,807
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#136
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#415
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Heshan

China's 136th largest city by population, Heshan holds 1,249,807 residents and ranks fourth in Hunan province. It sits 1,314 km from Beijing and lies at 73 m elevation. Changsha, the province's dominant center with 3,093,980 people, stands 74 km away; four smaller cities range from 30 to 64 km distant, each under 67,000 in population.

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
#136of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Hunan
#4of 43
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Hunan
Rank in region
#4of 43
Distance to capital
1,314 km
to Beijing
Elevation
73 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
28.569, 112.347
Record updated
2024-12-12
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.

30KMQionghu66K people40KMYutan55K people53KMWenxing57K people64KMLeifeng28K people74KMChangsha3.09M 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. Heshan1.25M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Heshan 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
Heshan1.25M

Heshan Population FAQ

What is the population of Heshan?

Heshan has a city population of 1,249,807. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Heshan?

Heshan is in Hunan, China, 1,314 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 28.569, 112.347.

How big is Heshan compared with other cities in China?

It is the 136th 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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