Yueyang is a city in northeastern Hunan province, China, situated on the northeastern shore of Dongting Lake where it meets the Yangtze river. The city is best known for the Yueyang Tower, a historic tower on the lake's edge that has been celebrated in Chinese literature for centuries, most famously in an essay by the Song-dynasty official Fan Zhongyan. Yueyang functions as a port and industrial center linking the Dongting Lake basin to Yangtze river shipping.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year FAQs
Where does the name Yueyang come from?
It comes from the Song dynasty military prefecture of Yueyang.
Under the Song dynasty the city was heavily fortified and became the seat of the military prefecture of Yueyang, and the city takes its present name from that prefecture.
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1. Yueyang (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 5,051,922 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 29.36472, longitude 113.1309
P2046 (area)
area 14857.79 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 5051922 (2020)
View the Source2. Yueyang (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Yueyang, History section
It was originally established as a prefecture called Hanchang (Hanchang) by Sun Wu in 210 AD during the Three Kingdoms period.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the SourceWikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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