Rank	Area	Resident Population	Jurisdiction area
1	Changsha	10.6165 M	11816km²
2	Hengyang	6434.3 K	15300km²
3	Shaoyang	6300 K	20822km²
4	Changde	5168.7 K	18176km²
5	Yongzhou	5018.5 K	22259km²
6	Yueyang	4987.5 K	14858km²
7	Chenzhou	4577.8 K	19342km²
8	Huaihua	4415.9 K	27573km²
9	Zhuzhou	3837.8 K	11248km²
10	Yiyang	3735.2 K	12320km²
11	Loudi	3727.7 K	8110km²
12	Xiangtan	2691.8 K	5005km²
13	Xiangxi	2392 K	15470km²
14	Zhangjiajie	1497 K	9534 km²