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Zhuzhou 株洲市
Prefecture-level city
Jianshe South Road (建设南路)
Zhuzhou Location of the city centre in Hunan
Coordinates: 27°51′N 113°08′E / 27.850°N 113.133°E / 27.850; 113.133
Country	China
Province	Hunan
Government
• mayor	Mao Tengfei
Area
• Prefecture-level city	11,262 km2 (4,348 sq mi)
• Metro	535 km2 (207 sq mi)
Population (2014 Statistical Communique)
• Prefecture-level city	3,961,000
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
• Urban	2,416,000
• Metro	1,055,373
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
GDP	2014
- Total	CNY 216.05 billion
- per capita	CNY 54,544 (USD 8,787)
GDP growth rate	10.5%

Zhuzhou (Chinese: 株洲; pinyin: Zhūzhōu), formerly Jianning, is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, a little to the southeast of Changsha and bordering Jiangxi to the east. It is part of the "ChangZhuTan Golden Triangle" (comprising the cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan). The city has jurisdiction over 5 counties (Yanling, Chaling, Youxian, Liling, Zhuzhou) and four districts (Hetang, Lusong, Shifeng and Tianyuan, a high-tech industrial development zone), and covers an area of 11,420 km² (4,410 sq mi).

As of the 2010 census^[update], Zhuhai has 3,855,609 inhabitants, of whom 1,055,373 lived in the built-up area (4 urban districts). With Xiangtan areas adjoining Zhuzhou due to be agglomerated in a few years' time, the joint built-up area will be home to 2,930,673 inhabitants. Zhuzhou is located in a subtropical monsoon climate zone and with its abundant mineral and organic resources has one of the highest agricultural yields in Hunan Province.

Zhuzhou administers four districts, one county-level city,and four counties.

Zhuzhou is a very important transportation junction in South China. The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway and the Hunan-Guizhou Railway meet here, which makes Zhuzhou Railway Station, conveniently located in downtown Zhuzhou, one of the five special class passenger-and-goods transportation stations in China. On average, a train passes through every three minutes. Zhuzhou North Station is the largest goods transportation marshalling station in South China, with 110 trains and more than 30,000 passengers passing through every day.