Yueyang


Yueyang, formerly known as Yuezhou or Yochow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern shores of Dongting Lake in the northeastern corner of Hunan Province in the People's Republic of China.
Yueyang has an administrative area of and the city proper,. The population was 5,477,911 at the 2010 census whom 991,465 lived in the built-up area made up of Yueyanglou District, Yunxi District and Junshan District. 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 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.
In 2017, the city's permanent resident population was 573,330, an increase of 52,200 from the end of last year. The urban resident population was 3.2798 million, accounting for 57.21% of the total population.

Administration

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 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.
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 it was heavily fortified, with walls 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

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.

Government

The current CPC Party Secretary of Yueyang is Liu Hesheng and the current Mayor is Li Aiwu.

Transportation

Yueyang have two Yangtze River crossing, the Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge and Dongting Lake 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 Huarong
Secondary Vocational Schools
Primary Schools

Twin towns — sister cities

Yueyang is twinned with: