At present, there are 19 county-level cities in Hunan Province, namely Liuyang, Liling, Xiangxiang, Shaoshan, leiyang city, Changning, Wugang, Linxiang, Miluo, Tianjin, Yuanjiang, Zixing, hongjiang city, Lengshuijiang and Lianyuan.
The administrative level of county-level cities and counties is the same, the biggest difference is that the focus of county work is in rural areas, while the focus of county-level cities is in cities. Under normal circumstances, counties with strong economic strength that can be driven by radiation will be changed into county-level cities, and places close to big cities will be changed into districts.
The economic strength of 19 county-level cities in Hunan province is uneven, with GDP exceeding 100 billion, and the lowest is only120 billion. Urban areas, population and built-up areas are far apart. Let's take a look at the rankings of these county-level cities for readers.
I am Liuyang, the county-level city with the largest area and the largest population.
Liuyang City belongs to Changsha City, with an area of about 500 1 km2 and a permanent population of about 1.5 million. It is called "the throat of Wu Chu". A song called Liuyang River made him famous all over the country. Liuyang has strong economic strength, and its fireworks are well-known at home and abroad. It has been rated as one of the top 100 counties and cities in China for many times.
Second, Shaoshan, a county-level city with the smallest area, population and economic aggregate.
Shaoshan City is a young county-level city. Shaoshan, as the hometown of great men and the sacred place in the hearts of ordinary people, governs two townships and two towns, with a total area of about 247 square kilometers and a total population of about 1.2 million. It is the smallest county-level city in Hunan Province. The population of the county is about 50,000. The gross national product is also very small, and the GDP of 20 18 is about 9.4 billion yuan.
3. Ningxiang City is a county-level city with the largest urban built-up area and the largest urban population.
Since Ningxiang County was successfully transferred to the city, leiyang city, the largest built-up area in the county, ranked second. Ningxiang City, with a built-up area of 67.88 square kilometers and a population of 430,000, ranks first among the three townships and counties. Ningxiang's economic strength exceeds that of ordinary prefecture-level cities. It gets its name from the meaning of "rural peace". The three kingdoms ruled the city, and the county was established in the Northern Song Dynasty. On 20 17, the county was withdrawn to establish the city. It has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 2 1 town, 4 townships, 1 national economic development zones and 1 provincial economic development zones, with a total area of 2,906 square kilometers and a total registered population of 1.425 million. In 2020, the gross national product will reach110.50 billion yuan.
Four, the county-level city with the highest gross national product-Liuyang City
Liuyang is a world-famous hometown of fireworks, enjoying the honorary titles of "hometown of flowers and seedlings in China, hometown of steamed vegetables in China, hometown of poetry in China, excellent tourist city in China, model award of human settlement environment in China and civilized city in Hunan Province". In 2020, the gross national product will reach 654.38+049.3 billion yuan, ranking first among county-level cities in Hunan!
Five, the county-level city with the largest coal resources reserves-leiyang city.
Leiyang city is rich in coal resources, with proven reserves exceeding 565,438+billion tons. It is one of the national 100 key coal-producing counties (cities) and one of the three major coal bases in Hunan Province. The maximum number of coal mines is 1995, and all kinds of coal mines in the city are 1035. At that time, there were 3 coal mines under the central government, and provincial coal mines 1 mine, with an annual output of 58 1 10,000 tons of raw coal. Later, with the exhaustion of coal resources and the closure of a large number of coal mines, leiyang city began to transform and develop.
6. Changning City, a county-level city with the largest lead-zinc reserves.
Shuikoushan Town, Changning City is rich in mineral resources, especially non-ferrous metal resources. Lead-zinc mine reserves rank first in China, known as "the lead capital of the world", and the reserves of rare and precious metals such as gold, silver and copper are not low. Since the Song Dynasty, Shuikoushan area has a history of mining and smelting. 1896, the mineral resources of Shuikoushan were taken over by the government, which became the cradle of Hunan industry, gathered a large number of industrial workers and created many firsts in history.
Seven, the county-level city with the largest antimony reserves-Lengshuijiang City.
Lengshuijiang City is a county-level city managed by Loudi City. Located in the middle of Hunan Province, with a total area of 439 square kilometers, it borders Lianyuan City in the east, Xinhua County in the west and Xinshao County in the south. The total population is about 372,400.
Lengshuijiang City is a typical resource-based industrial city. Tin mines in this territory are called "antimony capital of the world" because of their rich antimony reserves. Compared with the western development policy, Lengshuijiang is one of the key cities supported by the state to implement the strategy of the rise of central China. On October 20 18 165438 10, Lengshuijiang was selected as one of the top counties in China.
Eight, Hunan is the only provincial capital of a prefecture-level administrative division, but the administrative level is a county-level city-Jishou City.
Jishou is the capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province, with a total area of 1 0,078.33 square kilometers. In 2065,438+08, the urban built-up area of Jishou City reached 38 square kilometers. Jishou is located in the hinterland of Wuling Mountain, backed by Wuling Mountain, with a typical subtropical monsoon humid climate. At the end of 20 18, the total registered population of Jishou city was 3 1. 1.6 million, and the permanent population was 358,200, with a total output value of 21676 million yuan.
9. Shaodong City, the fastest-growing county-level city in the past decade.
Shaodong City has developed rapidly in the past ten years, achieving a leap-forward development. First, its GDP entered the top ten in the province, then successfully promoted to the top 100 counties in the country, and recently successfully changed from county to city. It can be said that it is step by step. This is not easy for a city located in the central and western Hunan, far from the most active Beijing-Guangzhou economic belt!
In a word, Hunan Province 19 county-level cities are the leading geese in county economy. What do you think of their urban construction? Please speak freely!