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Yuanjiang

County-level city in Hunan, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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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, and to the west by Hanshou County. Yuanjiang City covers 2,012.5 km2 (777.0 sq mi), and 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]

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Administrative divisions

After an adjustment of township-level divisions of Yuanjiang City on 26 November 2015, Yuanjiang City has 11 towns and two subdistricts under its jurisdiction.[4] They are:

2 subdistricts
11 towns
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Climate

More information Climate data for Yuanjiang, elevation 37 m (121 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present), Month ...
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