Yuanjiang

For other uses, see Yuanjiang (disambiguation).
Yuanjiang
沅江市
Yuankiang
County-level city
Location of Yuanjiang City within Yiyang
Location of Yuanjiang City within Yiyang
Yuanjiang is located in Hunan
Yuanjiang
Yuanjiang
Location in Hunan
Yuanjiang is located in China
Yuanjiang
Yuanjiang
Yuanjiang (China)
Coordinates: 28°56′42″N 112°35′53″E / 28.945°N 112.598°E / 28.945; 112.598[1]
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHunan
Prefecture-level cityYiyang
Area
[2]
 • County-level city1,797.0 km2 (693.8 sq mi)
 • Urban
19.68 km2 (7.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • County-level city819,000
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Urban
191,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
422400

Yuanjiang (Chinese: 沅江市; pinyin: Yuánjiāng Shì) is a county-level city in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang.

Located in the north of the province, the city is bordered to the north by Nan County, to the northeast by Yueyang County, to the southeast by Xiangyin County, to the south by Ziyang District, to the west by Hanshou County. Yuanjiang City covers 2,012.5 km2 (777.0 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 768,000 and a permanent resident population of 689,100.[3] Yuanjiang has 11 towns and two subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Qionghu (琼湖街道).[4]

Yuanjiang is a city in the drainage basin of Yuan River (Yuan Jiang), it is named after the river, which flows through the city roughly west to east. its most land is located on the northwestern bank of the Dongting Lake.

It is home to Chishan Prison, which holds a number of political prisoners.[5]

  1. ^ "Yuanjiang" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 68. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ^ 沅江市2015年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 [Statistical Communiqué of Yuanjiang City on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development]. Yiyang People's Government. or yjsrsj.gov
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference divison2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (July 7, 1992). "For a Chinese Songwriter, Stone Walls Can Make a Tune as Well as a Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2019.