Yueyang

Yueyang
岳阳市
Prefecture-level city

Yueyang

Location of the city centre in Hunan

Coordinates: 29°22′N 113°26′E / 29.367°N 113.433°E / 29.367; 113.433
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hunan
Area
 • Prefecture-level city 14,896 km2 (5,751 sq mi)
 • Urban 1,344 km2 (519 sq mi)
 • Metro 721 km2 (278 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Prefecture-level city 5,477,911
 • Density 370/km2 (950/sq mi)
 • Urban 1,232,133
 • Urban density 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
 • Metro 991,465
 • Metro density 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Website yueyang.gov.cn
Yueyang
Traditional Chinese 岳陽
Simplified Chinese 岳阳
Postal Yuehyang
Yochow (former)

Yueyang (simplified Chinese: 岳阳; traditional Chinese: 岳陽; pinyin: Yuèyáng) is a prefecture-level city at the northeastern corner of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, on the southern shores of Dongting Lake.

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 5,477,911 at the 2010 census whom 991,465 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of Yueyanglou District and Yunxi District.[1]

The city's most famous attraction is the Yueyang Tower and Dongting Lake.


Administration

Administrative divisions of Yueyang

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.

History

The area now called Yueyang has been inhabited for over 3,000 years. It was originally established as a prefecture called Hanchang in 210 AD during the Three Kingdoms period.

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 valley to Nanjing. At the time of the foundation of the Republic of China in AD 1911, it became a county, taking the name Yueyang.

Yueyang Tower

The Yueyang Tower

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.

Weather

Climate data for Yueyang (1953−2007)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.2
(46.8)		 10.1
(50.2)		 14.6
(58.3)		 20.9
(69.6)		 25.5
(77.9)		 29.2
(84.6)		 32.5
(90.5)		 32.0
(89.6)		 27.8
(82)		 22.3
(72.1)		 16.4
(61.5)		 10.7
(51.3)		 20.9
(69.6)
Average low °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)		 4.0
(39.2)		 8.2
(46.8)		 14.1
(57.4)		 18.9
(66)		 23.0
(73.4)		 26.4
(79.5)		 25.6
(78.1)		 21.0
(69.8)		 15.5
(59.9)		 9.8
(49.6)		 4.3
(39.7)		 14.4
(57.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 57.0
(2.244)		 76.0
(2.992)		 120.9
(4.76)		 172.9
(6.807)		 186.9
(7.358)		 213.5
(8.406)		 133.7
(5.264)		 117.2
(4.614)		 59.7
(2.35)		 76.0
(2.992)		 69.1
(2.72)		 42.7
(1.681)		 1,325.6
(52.188)
Source: National Meteorological Centre of CMA

Transportation

Yueyang has one Yangtze River crossing, the Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge.

Education

There are a total of six colleges and polytechnic schools and several medical schools, among which the major national level educational institution is Hunan Institute of Science and Technology.

Other colleges include:

Schools:

Secondary Vocational Schools

Primary Schools

International relations

Notable people

Katie Yue-Yi Colbert, BSN, United States Ambassador

Twin towns — sister cities

Yueyang is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.geohive.com/cntry/cn-43.aspx
  2. ↑ "International Exchange". List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures. Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). Retrieved 21 November 2015.

Coordinates: 29°22′N 113°06′E / 29.367°N 113.100°E / 29.367; 113.100

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