Yiyang 益阳市 I-yang | |
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.png) Location of Yiyang City jurisdiction in Hunan | |
  Yiyang Location of the city centre in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Yiyang municipal government):28°33′18″N112°21′22″E / 28.5549°N 112.3560°E /28.5549; 112.3560 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Municipal seat | Heshan District |
| Area | |
| 12,144 km2 (4,689 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017)[1] | 109.00 km2 (42.09 sq mi) |
| • Districts[1] | 1,851.0 km2 (714.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | |
| 4,313,084 | |
| • Density | 355.16/km2 (919.86/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2017)[1] | 666,600 |
| • Districts[1] | 1,459,000 |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 210.8 billion US$ 31.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 55,567 US$ 8,263 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 413000 |
| Area code | 0737 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-09 |
| Website | www |
Yiyang (simplified Chinese:益阳;traditional Chinese:益陽;pinyin:Yìyáng) is aprefecture-level city on theZi River inHunan province, China, straddlingLake Dongting and borderingHubei to the north. According to the2010 Census, Yiyang has a population of 4,313,084 inhabitants residing in an area of 12,144 km2 (4,689 sq mi). The previous census was in 2000 when it was recorded there were 4,309,143 inhabitants.[3]
Yiyang county was founded in 221 BC afterQin conqueredChu state. It is designated Yiyang as the county seat was situated at the north bank of theYi River (modern Zi River). Then the present-day jurisdiction mostly became a part of the Principality of Changshacommandery during theWestern Han.[4]
Yiyang administers twodistricts, onecounty-level city, and threecounties. The information here presented uses the metric system and data from 2010 national census.
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| English name | Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | Area | Population | Density |
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| Ziyang District | 资阳区 | 資陽區 | Zīyáng Qū | 680 | 410,542 | 604 |
| Heshan District | 赫山区 | 赫山區 | Hèshān Qū | 1,379 | 839,265 | 609 |
| Yuanjiang City | 沅江市 | Yuánjiāng Shì | 2,071 | 667,104 | 322 | |
| Nan County | 南县 | 南縣 | Nán Xiàn | 1,075 | 725,562 | 675 |
| Taojiang County | 桃江县 | 桃江縣 | Táojiāng Xiàn | 2,063 | 769,568 | 373 |
| Anhua County | 安化县 | 安化縣 | Ānhuà Xiàn | 4,950 | 901,043 | 182 |
| Climate data for Yiyang (Heshan District), elevation 46 m (151 ft), (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) | 24.8 (76.6) | 30.4 (86.7) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.2 (95.4) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 40.4 (104.7) | 41.0 (105.8) | 39.3 (102.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.4 (92.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 17.7 (63.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 4.8 (40.6) | 14.7 (58.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) | −6.9 (19.6) | −2.1 (28.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | −1.4 (29.5) | −9.2 (15.4) | −9.2 (15.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 80.4 (3.17) | 88.3 (3.48) | 147.1 (5.79) | 177.9 (7.00) | 199.3 (7.85) | 222.3 (8.75) | 189.3 (7.45) | 127.7 (5.03) | 97.5 (3.84) | 82.3 (3.24) | 82.3 (3.24) | 55.1 (2.17) | 1,549.5 (61.01) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 13.5 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 154.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 11.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 66.7 | 68.8 | 89.8 | 115.7 | 134.5 | 131.6 | 202.8 | 188.7 | 142.9 | 121.5 | 108.5 | 95.6 | 1,467.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 20 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 48 | 47 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 33 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Yiyang has many hilly farmlands in its vicinity. The primary crop around Yiyang isrice, withtea, andbamboo is also grown.
The current CPC Party Secretary of Yiyang is Qu Hai and the current mayor is Zhang Zhiheng.
Huaguxi, the localHunanese opera is very popular in Yiyang. The cuisine of Yiyang (a species ofXiang cuisine) is very famous for its spicy food made from purechili peppers.
Yiyang has many famous people in the modern time of China.Ho Feng-Shan is very famous in the history of Chinese foreign affairs since he had saved many Jewish families in Europe and China when he worked as a diplomat for China during World War II.Libo Zhou is a well-known writer in China, who was born in Yiyang.
The language in Yiyang is "Yiyong-Wa" (Yiyang Dialect), which belongs toNew Xiang dialect of the Chinese language. This dialect is very prevalent in all of Yiyang. But the western area of Anhua County of Yiyang has a slightly different accent, which is close to theOld Xiang accent of the Loudi District. Yiyang Dialect retains many ancient words and pronunciations and is influenced surprisingly little by Mandarin Chinese. Consequently, the Yiyang Dialect is very hard to understand for outsiders, although its speakers can communicate well with the speakers of other New Xiang dialects.
Historically,Buddhism andTaoism both played very important roles in the life of Yiyang people. In modern times, both of these religions experienced a decline, as in many other places in China. Nowadays, however, Buddhism and Christianity have many adherents in Yiyang, respectively 340,500 and 238,100 registered members.
Yiyang istwinned with:
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (1994.12.04)
Namhae County, South Korea (2006)
Petah Tikva, Israel (2011)
Rajshahi, Bangladesh (2018)
Guarulhos, Brazil (2019)White Deer Temple is a popular attraction.
TheFormer Residence of Zhou Libo is a well known tourist spot.
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