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Yueyang County

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Prefecture-level city
  
Yueyang

Area code
  
0730

Postal code
  
4140XX

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Province
  
Hunan

Yueyang County

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Driving through yueyang county


Yueyang County (simplified Chinese: 岳阳县; traditional Chinese: 岳陽縣; pinyin: Yuèyáng Xiàn) is a county in Hunan province, China, it is under the administration of Yueyang City.

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The county is located on the northeastern margin of the province, the Xiang River runs through the west land of the county from south to east, the most of the county is located on the eastern shore of the Dongting Lake. It is bordered to the north by Jianli County of Hubei, Linxiang City, Yunxi and Yueyanglou Districts, to the northwest and the west by Junshan District and Nan County, to the south by Yuanjiang, Miluo Cities, Xiangyin and Pingjiang Counties, to the east by Tongcheng County of Hubei.

Yueyang County covers an area of 2,893.3 km2 (1,117.1 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 720,660 and a permanent resident population of 733,300. The county has 11 towns and 3 townships under its jurisdiction. The government seat is Rongjiawan (荣家湾镇).

Administrative Divisions

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Yueyang County on November 30, 2015, Yueyang has 3 townships and 11 towns under its jurisdiction. they are:

3 townships

  • Yanglin (杨林乡)
  • Changhu (长湖乡)
  • Zhongzhou, Yueyang (中洲乡)
  • 11 towns

  • Rongjiawan (荣家湾镇)
  • Xinkai, Yueyang (新开镇)
  • Gangkou, Yueyang (筻口镇)
  • Gongtian (公田镇)
  • Maotian (毛田镇)
  • Yuetian (月田镇)
  • Zhangguying (张谷英镇)
  • Baixiang, Yueyang (柏祥镇)
  • Xinqiang (新墙镇)
  • Huangshajie (黄沙街镇)
  • Buxian (步仙镇)
  • References

    Yueyang County Wikipedia