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Yueyang
Hunan, China · Asia
About Yueyang
Yueyang sits on the route: 15 minutes from Liulinzhou.
Yueyang is in Hunan, China, with about 990,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Liulinzhou, about 9 km away.
Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Baling, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze river in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People'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).Read more
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.
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Yueyang is in Hunan, China, about 9 km from Liulinzhou.
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- Population
- 991,465
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- China
- Region
- Hunan
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 29.3745, 113.0948
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