Question: Which is a higher geographic-level city, Hanchuan or Leshan?

Context articles: Leshan
Leshan Giant Buddha
Leshan dialect
Wutongqiao District
Emeishan City
Hanchuan
Huilong, Hanchuan
Hanchuan Railway Station
Rongxian Giant Buddha
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading

Leshan, formerly known as Jiading, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province, China.
 Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the Red Basin in southern Sichuan, about 120 km from Chengdu.
 At the 2010 census, its population was 3,235,759 whom 662,814 lived in the built-up ("or metro") area made of Shizhong district, as Wutongqiao and Jinkouhe districts are not conurbated yet.
The Leshan Giant Buddha () is a 71 m tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang Dynasty), depicting Maitreya.
 It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan.
 The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below its feet.
 It is the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world and it is by far the tallest pre-modern statue in the world.
The Sichuanese dialect of the city of Leshan is a variety of Minjiang, which preserves old southern (Ba-Shu) features lost in other Sichuanese dialects and is very different from the dialects of most other cities in the province of Sichuan, which are more typically Mandarin.
Wutongqiao District is an urban district of the prefecture-level city Leshan in Sichuan, China.
 As a separate city on the banks of the Min River, Wutongqiao was formerly romanized as Wutungkiao.
Emeishan () is a county-level city in Sichuan province, China.
 It is administered by the prefecture-level city Leshan.
 Its population in 1990 stood at 396,445.
 It is named after Mount Emei, a famous mountain located within its administration.
Hanchuan () is a county-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China.
 It is under the administration of Xiaogan City.
Huilong () is a town under the administration of Hanchuan City in east-central Hubei province, China, situated 16 km northeast of Xiantao and about 70 km west of Wuhan.
 , it has one residential community (居委会) and nine villages under its administration.
Hanchuan Railway Station is a railway station located in Hanchuan City, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Hanyi Railway which had been operated by Wuhan Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation.
The Rongxian Giant Buddha (Chinese: 荣县; pinyin: Róngxìan) formerly romanized as Yong-hien or Hong-yien, is a 36.7 m tall stone statue, built around 817 (during the Tang Dynasty), depicting Maitreya.
 It is 90 kilometres east of the Leshan Giant Buddha.
 The Buddha is carved out of the cliff face of a stone hill that lies to the north east of Rongxian and the Rongxi River in the eastern part of Sichuan province in China.
 Standing 414 metres above sea level, the stone sculpture overlooks the town of Rongxian below its feet.
 After the Leshan Giant it is the second tallest pre-modern statue.
 The Temple is located on the Dafo Road, Rongxian, Zigong Shi, Sichuan Sheng, China.
 Dàfó (大佛) in Chinese means Big Bhudda.
 The nearest city is Zigong.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jiading/(currently) Leshan (Latin: "Chiatimen(sis)" , ) is a diocese located in the city of Leshan in the Ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in China.