How many prefecture-level cities are there in Hunan?

Hunan has: 13 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture.

The prefecture-level cities are: Changsha City, Zhuzhou City, Xiangtan City, Hengyang City, Shaoyang City, Yueyang City, Changde City, Zhangjiajie City, Yiyang City, Chenzhou City, Yongzhou City, Huaihua City, Loudi City; 1 autonomous prefecture: Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

1 autonomous prefecture: Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

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1. Hunan:

It is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, located in south-central China and the southern part of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In the Song Dynasty, it was designated as Jinghu South Road and began to be referred to as Hunan. The Xiangjiang River, the largest river in the province, flows through the north and south and was referred to as "Xiang". It is also called Xiaoxiang. The provincial capital is in Changsha City in the northeast. Hunan borders Jiangxi to the east, Chongqing and Guizhou to the west, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Hubei to the north.

Hunan is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. According to legend, Emperor Yan Shennong planted grains, weaved linen into cloth, and made pottery here. The Mausoleum of Emperor Yan, located in the west of Yanling County, has become a spiritual symbol that unites the Chinese nation. "Emperor Shun brought great virtue to the world, and he traveled through Dongting, and Jiuyi Mountain in Yongzhou is the place where his mausoleum is. Hunan has been flourishing in hibiscus cultivation since ancient times. During the Five Dynasties, there was a saying that "the country of hibiscus with thousands of miles of autumn wind" was known as "the country of hibiscus". Therefore, it is also known as the "country of hibiscus".

Hunan has a land area of ??211,800 square kilometers, accounting for 2.2% of China's land area, ranking 10th among all provinces and cities. It has jurisdiction over 13 cities and 1 autonomous prefecture (122 counties, cities, and districts).

In 2016, the GDP of Hunan Province was 3.12447 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% over 2015. As of the end of 2016, Hunan Province had a permanent population of 68.22 million. Among them, the urban population was 35.986 million, and the urbanization rate was 52.75%, an increase of 1.86 percentage points from the end of the previous year.

2. Historical evolution:

There have been ancient human activities in Hunan as far back as the Paleolithic Age. Humans began planting rice here more than 12,000 years ago, and Hunan's ancestors began to settle here 5,000 years ago.

In primitive society, Hunan was the land of Sanmiao, Baipu and Yangyue (a branch of Baiyue). According to Ningxiang County, Anxiang County, Jinshi, Li County, Dao County and Pingjiang County Cultural relics unearthed from archaeological excavations in other places prove that there were human activities in Hunan during the Paleolithic period 400,000 years ago. Rice was cultivated as early as 10,000 years ago. The ancestors of Hunan during the Neolithic Age 5,000 years ago. He began to live a settled life.

Hunan was the southern border of Jingzhou during the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it belonged to the two counties of Cangwu and Dongting of the State of Chu. Qin Shihuang established two counties in central Guizhou and Changsha. In the early Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to the Changsha Kingdom. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it came under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Prefecture, which governed Wuling County, Guiyang County, Lingling County and Changsha County. During the Three Kingdoms period, Jingzhou belonged to the Wu State, and Zhaoling County was established. It is the five counties in Jingnan; it belonged to Jingzhou and Guangzhou in the Western Jin Dynasty; it belonged to Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, and Jiangzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In the Song, Qi and Liang Dynasties of the Southern Dynasty, they belonged to Xiangzhou, Yingzhou and a small part of Jingzhou. In the Chen Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, they belonged to Jingzhou and Yuanzhou. After the unification of China, eight counties were established in Hunan: Changsha, Wuling, Yuanling, Liyang, Baling, Hengshan, Guiyang, and Lingling.

In the 21st year of Kaiyuan (733) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Shannan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Qianzhong Road and Qianzhong Road Qianzhou Dudufu. In the second year of Tang Daizong Guangde's reign (764) Hengzhou established an observer envoy to Hunan, and from then on the name "Hunan" began in the history of Chinese administrative divisions;

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Ma Yin occupied Hunan and established the Chu State, with Changsha as its capital. In the Song Dynasty, the country was divided into roads, with prefectures, prefectures, military, and prisons under the roads, each administering several counties. Hunan is mainly on Jinghu South Road.

The Yuan Dynasty implemented the provincial system. Hunan belongs to Huguang Province and is divided into 14 roads and 3 states: Yuezhou Road, Changde Road, Lizhou Road, Chenzhou Road, Yuanzhou Road, Jingzhou Road, Tianlin Road, Hengzhou Road, Daozhou Road, Yongzhou Road, Chenzhou Road, Baoqing Road, Wugang Road, Guiyang Road, Chaling Prefecture, Leiyang Prefecture, Changning Prefecture.

The Yuan Dynasty government also implemented the chieftain system in the ethnic minority settlements in western Hunan. It established more than 10 chief lawsuits or barbarian chief lawsuits, which were respectively under the Sizhou Military and Civilian Appeasement Department, the Xintian Geman Appeasement Department and the Sichuan Xing Department. It is under the jurisdiction of the Military and Civilian Appeasement Department of Yongshun and other provinces.

In the Ming Dynasty, the provinces established the Administrative Envoys' Department, which was later changed to the Administrative Envoys' Department. The province is divided into prefectures (prefectures), and the prefectures are divided into counties. A three-level system of province, prefecture (prefecture), and county is implemented.

Hunan belongs to the Huguang Bu Government Envoy Division. There are 7 prefectures, 2 prefectures, and 2 divisions under the jurisdiction of Hunan today: Yuezhou Prefecture, Changsha Prefecture, Changde Prefecture, Hengzhou Prefecture, Yongzhou Prefecture, Baoqing Prefecture, Chenzhou Prefecture, Chenzhou, Jingzhou, Yongshun Military and Civilian Propaganda Department, and Baojing Prefecture Military and Civilian Propaganda Department.

The local political power of the Qing Dynasty implemented a four-level system of province, road, prefecture (Zhili Department, Zhili Prefecture), and county (Santing, Sanzhou). In the third year of Kangxi's reign, the Huguang Envoys' Department was established, and both Huguang's right envoy and governor Pianyuan were stationed in Changsha. The province of Huguang was divided into north and south, and Hunan was established as an independent province. The seven prefectures of Changsha, Hengzhou, Yongzhou, Baoqing, Chenzhou, Changde, and Yuezhou, and the two prefectures of Chen and Jing are directly under the jurisdiction of Governor Pianyuan.

Hunan Province was established in the third year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1664), with four roads: Changbaodao, Yue Changli Road, Chenyuan Yongjing Bingbei Road, and Hengyong Chengui Road. It is under the jurisdiction of the state (department), and under the prefecture (state) is the county [8]?. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), the Hunan Chief Envoy Department was established. In the second year of Yongzheng, Governor Pianyuan was renamed Governor of Hunan.

During the Republic of China, Hunan abolished the government, department, and state levels and retained the road and county levels. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Hunan Province established four roads: Xiangjiang Road, Hengyang Road, Wuling Road, and Chenyuan Road, with counties under their jurisdiction.

In October of the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), the provincial government abolished Wuling Road?, Changde, Yueyang, Pingjiang, Linxiang, Huarong, Hanshou, Yuanjiang, Lixian, Anxiang, Linli, Nan Eleven counties are placed under Xiangjiang Road, and four counties, namely Taoyuan, Shimen, Cili, and Dayong, are placed under Chenyuan Road. Hunan Province was divided into three tracts, and the three tracts divided into Hunan continued until the tract system was abolished.

In the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922), the road system was abolished, leaving only the provincial and county levels. In December of the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the Office of the Administrative Supervision Commissioner was generally established, and Hunan Province was divided into nine districts; in the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), Hunan Province was adjusted to 10 administrative inspection districts; in the 29th year of the Republic of China ( In April 1940), Hunan Province was adjusted into 10 administrative inspection districts, each with jurisdiction over 6-10 counties, and two provincial cities, Changsha City and Hengyang City, were established.

Before the Nationalist Government retreated to Taiwan in the 38th year of the Republic of China (1949), Hunan Province had 2 cities, 10 administrative inspection districts, and 77 counties, and the Hunan Provincial Government was based in Changsha.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the prefecture-level city of Changsha was established in 1949, the prefecture-level city of Zhuzhou was established in 1956, and 7 cities including Changsha, Hengyang, Chenxian, Changde, Yiyang, Shaoyang, and Yongzhou Directly under the jurisdiction of the Xiangxi Administrative Region and the three special regions of Yongshun, Yuanling and Huitong.

As of September 12, 2017, Hunan Province’s *** plan is divided into 14 regions (13 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture), 122 county-level administrative regions, including 35 municipal districts and 17 counties. Level cities, 63 counties and 7 autonomous counties.

On June 19, 2018, the State Council officially approved the abolition of Zhuzhou County and the establishment of Lukou District, Zhuzhou City. Taking the original administrative area of ??Zhuzhou County as the administrative area of ??Lukou District, the People's Government of Lukou District is located at No. 1, Xuetang Road, Lukou Town. ?

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hunan