Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Xiaogan is GeoNames ID 1790254. Its recorded administrative path is Xiaogan → Hubei → China, and GeoNames classifies the place as a second-order administrative seat. Xiaogan occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2021-10-20; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Xiaogan ranks 610 by recorded population. Inside the 296 selected China entries it ranks 191; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 354. Its 908,266 population value is 0.78 times the 1,165,375 median for the country cohort and 0.90 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Xiaogan sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected China entries. Xiaogan's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Xiaogan's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Wuhan at 50.426 km with 10,392,693 recorded people; Suizhou at 102.104 km with 618,582 recorded people; E’zhou at 109.506 km with 668,727 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 59.08 km. Compared with Wuhan, Xiaogan's recorded population is 0.09 times as large. Against Xiaogan, Wuhan follows Wuhan Shi → Hubei → China in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than second-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Xiaogan's. Against Xiaogan, Suizhou follows Suizhou Shi → Hubei → China in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries the same second-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Xiaogan's. Against Xiaogan, E’zhou follows Huanggang Shi → Hubei → China in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries the same second-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Xiaogan's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 442 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Xiaogan's nearest-coordinate gap sits in the second quarter of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1790254, the coordinate pair 30.9269 / 113.9222, country rank 191 of 296, and neighbor GeoNames 1791247 at 50.426 km bind Xiaogan to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Xiaogan's reference point is 30.9269° north and 113.9222° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Shanghai is shared by 291 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA2 is shared by 341 rows. Xiaogan's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Xiaogan's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Xiaogan's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Xiaogan, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Xiaogan · GeoNames 1790254 · Q71339
- Name scope
- Xiaogan · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Xiaogan · Hubei · China
- Coordinate signature
- 30.9269° N · 113.9222° E
- Population snapshot
- 908,266 · atlas rank 610 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- China rank 191 of 296 · median 1,165,375 · ratio 0.78×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 354 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.90×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Shanghai · 291 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA2 second-order administrative seat · 341 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Xiaogan · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Wuhan · 50.426 km · population 10,392,693 · atlas rank 17
- Second reference
- Suizhou · 102.104 km · population 618,582 · atlas rank 901
- Third reference
- E’zhou · 109.506 km · population 668,727 · atlas rank 825
- Neighbour geometry
- Xiaogan · nearest-distance rank 442 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 59.08 km
- Source dates
- Xiaogan row updated 2021-10-20 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04