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Yueyang

Coordinates: 29°22′N 113°06′E / 29.367°N 113.100°E / 29.367; 113.100
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Yueyang
岳阳市
Prefecture-level city
Dongting Lake
Dongting Lake
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHunan
Area
 • Prefecture-level city14,896 km2 (5,751 sq mi)
 • Urban
1,344 km2 (519 sq mi)
 • Metro
721 km2 (278 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Prefecture-level city5,477,911
 • Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,232,133
 • Urban density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
 • Metro
991,465
 • Metro density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websiteyueyang.gov.cn
Yueyang
Traditional Chinese岳陽
Simplified Chinese岳阳
PostalYuehyang
Yochow (former)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuèyáng
Wade–GilesYüeh4-yang2

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.


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

File:Yueyang Tower.jpg
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
Mean daily maximum °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
(82.0) 		22.3
(72.1) 		16.4
(61.5) 		10.7
(51.3) 		20.9
(69.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8) 		4.0
(39.2) 		8.2
(46.8) 		14.1
(57.4) 		18.9
(66.0) 		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
(2.24) 		76.0
(2.99) 		120.9
(4.76) 		172.9
(6.81) 		186.9
(7.36) 		213.5
(8.41) 		133.7
(5.26) 		117.2
(4.61) 		59.7
(2.35) 		76.0
(2.99) 		69.1
(2.72) 		42.7
(1.68) 		1,325.6
(52.18)
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:

  • The No.1 Middle School of the City of Yueyang (key provincial)http://www.yysyz.com.cn/
  • The No. 2 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The No. 3 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The No. 4 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The High School of Yueyang City
  • The No. 6 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The No. 7 Middle School of the City of Yueyang (Music School of the City of Yueyang)
  • The No. 8 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The No. 9 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The No. 10 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • The No. 11 Middle School of the City of Yueyang (secondary school Yueyang Financial, in 1990 Technical School)
  • The No. 12 Middle School of the City of Yueyang
  • Changlian Middle School (key provincial)
  • The Yuehua Middle School (key provincial)
  • Middle School of the City of Miluo (key provincial)
  • The No.1 Middle School of Huarong (key provincial)

Secondary Vocational Schools

  • Yueyang City Ahafo language 1,193,280.20
  • Zhongshan Yueyang City School Finance
  • Pok Man Foreign Languages School
  • Huarong County Vocational Schools
  • Yueyang County Vocational Schools
  • Great Wall vocational schools

Primary Schools

  • Yueyang Tower Primary
  • Nanhu Primary
  • Dongfanghong Primary
  • Chaoyang Primary

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in China

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.

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

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