Guangdong
Pearl River Delta
Jiangmen

Changsha

Changsha is a suburb in , , and has about 688,000 residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 688,000 residents
  • Description: subdistrict of Guangdong Province, China
  • Also known as: “Ch’ang-sha-chen”, “Changsha (Kaiping)”, “Changsha Jiedao”, “Changsha Subdistrict”, “K’ai-p’ing-hsien”, “Kaiping”, “San-pu”, “San-pu-chen”, “Sanbu”, and “长沙”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pantower International Hotel.

Hotel
Photo: DerFussi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaiping and Tangkou.

Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.
is a pastoral area in , , full of rice fields and old-fashioned villages, that is known for its hundreds of diāolóu. These watchtower dwellings, scattered around the countryside, were built in the early 20th century by overseas Chinese in a mixture of western and eastern styles.

Town
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
is a town, which is situated 6 km west of Changsha.

Village
Photo: DerFussi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 10 km west of Changsha.

Changsha

Latitude
22.3871° or 22° 23′ 14″ north
Longitude
112.6742° or 112° 40′ 27″ east
Population
688,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CN KAP
Open location code
7PJJ9MPF+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8128044492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1796989
Wiki­data ID
Q14372478
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Satellite Map

Discover Changsha from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Changsha” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Changsha (kapital sa gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina, Guangdong Sheng, lat 22,38, long 112,68)”
  • Cebuano: “Changsha”
  • Chinese: “开平”
  • Chinese: “长沙街道”
  • French: “sous-district de Changsha”
  • French: “Sous-district de Changsha”
  • Gan Chinese: “长沙街道”
  • Japanese: “長沙街道”
  • Swedish: “Changsha, Kaiping”
  • Swedish: “Changsha”
  • Wu Chinese: “长沙街道”

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