Yueyang

Yueyang 岳阳
Prefectur-level ceety
岳阳市
Location o Yueyang Ceety jurisdiction in Hunan
Coordinates: 29°22′N 113°26′E
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Hunan
Area
• Prefectur-level ceety	14896 km2 (5,751 sq mi)
• Urban	1344 km2 (519 sq mi)
• Metro	721 km2 (278 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Prefectur-level ceety	5,477,911
• Density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
• Urban	1,232,133
• Urban density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
• Metro	991,465
• Metro density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Website	yueyang.gov.cn

Yueyang (simplifeed Cheenese: 岳阳; traditeeonal Cheenese: 岳陽; pinyin: Yuèyáng; Wade–Giles: Yüeh-yang; Postal cairt spellin: Yochow) is a prefectur-level ceety at the northeastren corner o Hunan province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, on the sootrhen shores o Dongting Loch.

Yueyang haes an admeenistrative aurie o 14,896 km² (5,751 sq mi) an the ceety proper, 304 km² (117 sq mi). The population wis 5,477,911 at the 2010 census whom 991,465 lived in the biggit-up (or metro) aurie made up o Yueyanglou Destrict an Yunxi Destrict.

The ceety's maist famous attraction is the Yueyang Touer.

Sister ceeties

Yueyang is twinned wi:

• Numazu, Shizuoka Prefectur, Japan (1985)
• Titusville, Florida, Unitit States (1988)
• Castlegar, Breetish Columbie, Canadae (1992)
• Stara Zagora, Bulgarie (1992)
• Ceety o Cockburn, Wastren Australie, Australie (1998)
• Cupertino, Californie, Unitit States (2005)
• Salinas, Californie, Unitit States (2010)