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Yueyang City
Total area: 15,019 km2
Permanent population: 4.9914 million (2023)
Major industrial products: Petrochemicals, electromechanical equipment, and textiles
Major agricultural products: Grain, cotton, fishery, and stock raising
Major mines: Gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and zinc
Total length of railways: 410 km
Total length of roads: 20,700 km (2021)
GDP: 484.178 billion CNY (2023)
Sum of exports: 15.649 billion CNY (2023)
Sum of imports: 53.666 billion CNY (2023)
Actual use of foreign investment: 80.94 million USD (2023)
Per capita disposable income: 35,202 CNY (2023)
Forest coverage: 38.21% (2023)
Yueyang is a historical and cultural city nestled within the Yangtze River valley, as a bright pearl besides the Dongting Lake. It is located in northeast Hunan and consists of two county-level cities -- Linxiang and Miluo, four counties -- Pingjiang, Yueyang, Huarong, and Xiangyin, three districts -- Yueyanglou, Yunxi, and Junshan, Yueyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Chenglingji New Port Zone, South Lake Scenic Area and Qu Yuan Administration Area.
International friendship cities:
• Numazu, Japan
• Titusville, U.S.A.
• Castlegar, Canada
• Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
• Cockburn, Australia
• Somerset, UK
• Akabira, Japan (with Miluo)
• Titusville, U.S.A.
• Castlegar, Canada
• Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
• Cockburn, Australia
• Somerset, UK
• Akabira, Japan (with Miluo)
Data Source: Yueyang Municipal Statistics Bureau; Office of Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee
Updated in April 2024