Yueyang
岳阳市
Yuehyang; Yoyang
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Location of Yueyang City jurisdiction in Hunan
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  Yueyang Location of the city centre in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Yueyang municipal government): 29°21′23″N 113°07′44″E / 29.3564°N 113.1289°E / 29.3564; 113.1289 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Municipal seat | Yueyanglou District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 14,896 km2 (5,751 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,344.00 km2 (518.92 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 721.0 km2 (278.4 sq mi) |
| Population
(2020 census)[1]
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| • Prefecture-level city | 5,051,922 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,335,692 |
| • Urban density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,134,058 |
| • Metro density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 471.1 billion US$ 69.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 93,895 US$ 13,962 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-06 |
| Website | yueyang |
| Yueyang | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 岳陽 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 岳阳 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Yuehyang | ||||||||||
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| Yuezhou | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 岳州 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Yochow | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | [Seat of] Yue Prefecture | ||||||||||
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Yueyang, formerly known as YuezhouorYochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and Yangtze in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China.
Yueyang has an administrative area of 14,896 km2 (5,751 sq mi) and the city proper, 304 km2 (117 sq mi). The population was 5,051,922 at the 2020 Chinese census whom 1,134,058 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yueyanglou District and Yunxi District, Junshan District not being conurbated. Yueyang is the only international trade port city in Hunan and a famous port city in China, at the same time, Yueyang's comprehensive economic strength ranks of Hunan second only to Changsha, the provincial capital.
The city's most famous attractions are the Yueyang Tower and Dongting Lake. The most famous food is Dongting lake silver fish (洞庭银鱼).[citation needed]
In 2021, the city's permanent resident population was 5,051,922, a decrease of 424,162 from the end of last year.
The Yueyang prefecture is made up of six outlying districts, two special districts and the city proper. The six city districts are Huarong, Linxiang, Xiangyin, Pingjiang, Miluo and Yueyang County. The two special (smaller) districts are Junshan and Yunxi, which used to be part of Yueyang city proper but were separated into their own special districts for administrative purposes.
Districts:
County-level City:
Counties:
| Administrative divisions of Yueyang |
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| Climate data for Yueyang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
36.6 (97.9) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.2 (99.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.3 (84.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
21.2 (70.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
17.8 (64.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.1 (2.64) |
82.6 (3.25) |
118.4 (4.66) |
175.5 (6.91) |
188.4 (7.42) |
202.9 (7.99) |
192.1 (7.56) |
106.4 (4.19) |
69.4 (2.73) |
73.3 (2.89) |
77.0 (3.03) |
40.2 (1.58) |
1,393.3 (54.85) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.7 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 135.7 |
| Average snowy days | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 9.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 79.8 | 81.5 | 99.8 | 133.3 | 155.6 | 151.7 | 224.7 | 219.0 | 166.1 | 140.8 | 120.7 | 107.4 | 1,680.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 26 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 53 | 54 | 45 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
The area now called Yueyang has been inhabited for over 3,000 years. It was originally established as a prefecture called Hanchang (Hanchang) by Sun Wu in 210 AD during the Three Kingdoms period. It was called Ximi during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period under the Chu state.[5]
Under the Song Dynasty (AD 960-AD 1279) it was heavily fortified, with walls 4 miles (6.4 km) in circumference, and became the seat of the military prefecture of Yueyang, whence its present name. During the Taiping Rebellion, its capture by the rebels in AD 1852 was an important stage in their advance up the Yangtze River valleytoNanjing. At the time of the foundation of the Republic of China in AD 1911, it became a county, taking the name Yueyang.
Yueyang Tower is an ancient Chinese tower in Yueyang, Hunan Province, on the shore of Lake Dongting. Alongside the Pavilion of Prince Teng and Yellow Crane Tower, it is one of the Three Great Towers of Jiangnan, and attracts many tourists.[5] It is a famous place for tourism.
The current CPC Party Secretary of Yueyang is Wang Yi'ou and the current Mayor is Li Aiwu.[6]
Yueyang has two Yangtze River crossings, the Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge and Dongting Lake Bridge.
The city is served by Yueyang Sanhe Airport.
There are a total of six colleges and polytechnic schools and several medical schools, the largest of which is Hunan Institute of Science and Technology.[7]
Other colleges include:
Schools:
The No.1 Middle School of Huarong (key provincial)
Secondary Vocational Schools
Primary Schools
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