Yueyang County () is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in
Hunan province, China. It is under the administration of
Yueyang City.
The county is located on the northeastern margin of the province; the
Xiang River runs through the west of the county from south to east, most of the county is located on the eastern shore of the
Dongting Lake. It is bordered to the north by
Jianli County
Jianli () is a county-level city of southern Hubei, Hubei Province, China, located on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River and bordering Hunan, Hunan Province to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou, Jingzhou City.
Ety ...
of
Hubei
Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
,
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, and to the east by
Tongcheng County of Hubei.
Yueyang County covers an area of , as of 2015, it had a registered population of 720,660 and a permanent resident population of 733,300.
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Administrative divisions
In 2015, Yueyang had three townships and 11 towns under its jurisdiction.[ o]
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/ref> The township of ''Yanglin'' was reorganized as the town of ''Yanglinjie'' on November 17, 2017. The county now has two townships and 12 towns under its jurisdiction.
;2 townships
* Changhu ()
* Zhongzhou, Yueyang ()
;12 towns
* Baixiang, Yueyang ()
* Buxian ()
* Gangkou, Yueyang ()
* Gongtian ()
* Huangshajie ()
* Maotian ()
* Rongjiawan ()
* Xinkai, Yueyang ()
* Xinqiang ()
* Yanglinjie ()
* Yuetian ()
* Zhangguying ()
References
County-level divisions of Hunan
Yueyang
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