Yuanjiang
Yuanjiang (Chinese: 沅江市; pinyin: Yuánjiāng Shì) is a county-level city in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang.
Yuanjiang
沅江市 Yuankiang | |
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Yuanjiang Location in Hunan Yuanjiang Yuanjiang (China) | |
| Coordinates: 28°56′42″N 112°35′53″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Yiyang |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 1,797.0 km2 (693.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.68 km2 (7.60 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County-level city | 819,000 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 191,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 422400 |
Located in the north of the province, the city is bordered to the north by Nan County, to the northeast by Yueyang County, to the southeast by Xiangyin County, to the south by Ziyang District, to the west by Hanshou County. Yuanjiang City covers 2,012.5 km2 (777.0 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 768,000 and a permanent resident population of 689,100. Yuanjiang has 11 towns and two subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Qionghu (琼湖街道).
Yuanjiang is a city in the drainage basin of Yuan River (Yuan Jiang), it is named after the river, which flows through the city roughly west to east. its most land is located on the northwestern bank of the Dongting Lake.
It is home to Chishan Prison, which holds a number of political prisoners.