Yongzhou
Prefecture-level city in Hunan, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Yangzhou in Jiangsu.
Not to be confused with the historical Yong Province or with Nanning, which were formerly called Yongzhou.
Yongzhou(Chinese: 永州) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, located on the southern bank of the Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guangdong to the southeast and Guangxi to the southwest. [3]With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is 22,255.31 square kilometres (8,592.82 sq mi), and at the 2022 Chinese census it had a total population of 5,143,700,[4] of whom 1,146,692 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts.
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Yongzhou
永州 Yungchow | |
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Coordinates (Yongzhou municipal government): 26°25′12″N 111°36′47″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hunan |
Seat | Lengshuitan District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 22,255.31 km2 (8,592.82 sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,177.3 km2 (1,226.8 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,177.3 km2 (1,226.8 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 5,289,824 |
• Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,146,692 |
• Urban density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,146,692 |
• Metro density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 241.0 billion US$ 35.7 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 46,853 US$ 6,967 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 425000 |
Area code | 0746 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-11 |
Official Language | Standard Chinese |
Dialects | Yongzhou dialect Xiangnan Tuhua Qiyang dialect |
Website | yzcity |
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Chinese | 永州 | ||||||||||
Postal | Yungchow | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Eternal Prefecture" | ||||||||||
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