[3] According to the latest census, in 2020 the city was home to 3,180,884 residents whom 1,214,940 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Luzhou and Shangdang Districts.

[4] Changzhi was the site of the 1945 Shangdang Campaign, the first battle between the Kuomintang and the People's Liberation Army after the end of World War II.

It began when the local Shanxi warlord, Yan Xishan, attempted to retake the region from Communist forces.

Yan's forces were eventually defeated by an army led by Liu Bocheng, who was later named one of China's Ten Great Marshals.

[4] The area under the control of People's Government of Changzhi City is divided into 12 county-level administration zone.

Typifying the influence of the East Asian Monsoon, a majority of the annual 547 millimetres (21.5 in) of precipitation occurs from June to August.

Changzhi's air quality index is monitored by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)[10] and city government.