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Yueyang

Eastern Asia

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
Population
5,051,922 1
Area (sq km)
14,857.79 1
Founding Year
210 2
Founding Year
210 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
29.36472 degrees north 1
Longitude
113.1309 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 3
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.
Sources
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)
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2. 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
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3. GeoNames: Yueyang - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 13457912
    29.36778 113.12019 P PPLA2 CN 11 4306 0 43 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 43 m
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4. Hunan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Hunan is an inland province in Central China.
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5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.25, 113.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.25, 113.25
29.25 113.25 Cfa
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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