Yueyang 岳阳市 Yuehyang; Yoyang | |
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.png) Location of Yueyang City jurisdiction in Hunan | |
  Yueyang Location of the city centre in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Yueyang municipal government):29°21′23″N113°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 | |
| 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] | |
| 5,051,922 | |
| • Density | 339.15/km2 (878.38/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,335,692 |
| • Urban density | 993.818/km2 (2,573.98/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,134,058 |
| • Metro density | 1,573/km2 (4,074/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 asYuezhou or Baling, is aprefecture-level city on the eastern shores ofDongting Lake and theYangtze river in the northeastern corner ofHunan Province in thePeople'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 the2020 Chinese census whom 1,134,058 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up ofYueyanglou District andYunxi District,Junshan District not being conurbated. Yueyang is the only international trade port city inHunan and a famous port city in China, at the same time, Yueyang's comprehensive economic strength ranks of Hunan second only toChangsha, the provincial capital.
The city's most famous attractions are theYueyang Tower andDongting Lake. The most famous food is Dongting lakesilver 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 areHuarong,Linxiang,Xiangyin,Pingjiang,Miluo and Yueyang County. The two special (smaller) districts areJunshan andYunxi, 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, elevation 53 m (174 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) | 28.0 (82.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.4 (92.1) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.6 (97.9) | 39.2 (102.6) | 37.6 (99.7) | 37.2 (99.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 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) | 19.8 (67.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | −1.5 (29.3) | −5.9 (21.4) | −5.9 (21.4) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine 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 |
| Percentagepossible 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 aprefecture called Hanchang (Hanchang) bySun Wu in 210 AD during theThree Kingdoms period. It was called Ximi during theSpring and Autumn period andWarring States period under theChu state.[5]
Under theSong 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 theTaiping Rebellion, its capture by the rebels in 1852 was an important stage in their advance up theYangtze River valley toNanjing. At the time of the foundation of theRepublic of China in 1911, it became a county, taking the name Yueyang.
Yueyang Tower is an ancient Chinese tower in Yueyang,Hunan Province, on the shore ofLake Dongting. Alongside thePavilion of Prince Teng andYellow Crane Tower, it is one of the Three Great Towers ofJiangnan, and attracts many tourists.[5] It is a famous place for tourism.
The current CPC Party Secretary of Yueyang is Xie Weijiang and the current mayor is Li Zhi.[6]
Yueyang has twoYangtze River crossings, theJingyue Yangtze River Bridge andDongting Lake Bridge.
The city is served byYueyang Sanhe Airport.
There are a total of six colleges and polytechnic schools and several medical schools, the largest of which isHunan 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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