Yueyang
Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, 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
岳阳市 Yuehyang; Yoyang | |
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Location of Yueyang City jurisdiction in Hunan | |
Yueyang Location of the city centre in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Yueyang municipal government): 29°21′23″N 113°07′44″E | |
| 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) | |
| • 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) |
| 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 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).
In 2021, the city's permanent resident population was 5,051,922, a decrease of 424,162 from the end of last year.