Yuanjiang () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in the

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Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, China. It is under the administration of the

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Yiyang Yiyang ( zh, s=益阳 , t=益陽 , p=Yìyáng) is a prefecture-level city on the Zi River in Hunan province, China, straddling Lake Dongting and bordering Hubei to the north. According to the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Repub ...

. Located in the north of the province, the city is bordered to the north by

Nan County Nan County, or Nanxian () is a counties of China, county in the Provinces of China, Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang. Located in the northern margin of the province, the county is bor ...

, to the northeast by

Yueyang County Yueyang County () is a county 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, m ...

, to the southeast by

Xiangyin County Xiangyin County () is a Counties of China, county in Hunan, Hunan Province, China, under the administration of Yueyang, Yueyang City. Located on the southeastern shores of Dongting Lake, Lake Dongting, the Xiang River runs south to north through t ...

, to the south by

Ziyang District Ziyang District () is one of two districts of China, districts in Yiyang, Yiyang City, Hunan, Hunan Province, China. The district is located on the northern bank of Zi River and on the southern bank of the Dongting Lake. It is bordered to the nort ...

, and to the west by

Hanshou County Hanshou County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Changde prefecture-city. The County is located on the north in Hunan Province and the southeast in Changde City, it borders to the north and the west by Din ...

. Yuanjiang City covers , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 768,000 and a permanent resident population of 689,100. o
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/ref> Yuanjiang has 11

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and two

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under its jurisdiction. The government seat is

Qionghu Qionghu Subdistrict () is a Subdistrict in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The subdistrict is divided into four villages and 12 communities A community is a Level of analysis, social un ...

(). Yuanjiang is a city in the

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Yuan River The Yuan River, also known by its Chinese name as the Yuanjiang, is one of the four largest rivers in Hunan province in southeast-central China. It is a tributary of Yangtze River. It is long and rises in Guizhou province in the Miao Mountain ...

(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 Dongting Lake () is a large, shallow lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. It is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, so its volume depends on the season. The provinces of Hubei and Hunan are named after their location relative to the la ...

. It is home to

Chishan Prison Xinning Detention center (), also known as Hunan No.1 Prison (), is a prison in Hunan of the People's Republic of China. Penal system in China#Prisons, China's prisons are used to hold individuals who have been sentenced to fixed-term im ...

, which holds a number of

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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., also see o
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(), merging Wanzihu Township, Qingyunshan Subdistrict and a portion of the former Qionghu Subdistrict on November 26, 2015. * Yanzhihu (), merging Sanyantang Town and a portion of the former Qionghu Subdistrict on November 26, 2015. ;11 towns *

Caowei Caowei Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 26 villages and one community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a share ...

() *

Chapanzhou Chapanzhou Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 22 villages and two communities A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group ...

() *

Gonghua Gonghua Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 20 villages and one community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shar ...

() *

Huangmaozhou Huangmaozhou Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province of the People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceed ...

() *

Nandashan Nandashan Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 30 villages and one community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a sh ...

() *

Nanzui Nanzui Town () is an urban Towns of the People's Republic of China, town in Yuanjiang, Hunan, Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 11 Villages of the People's Republic of ...

() *

Qianshanhong Qianshanhong Town () is an urban town in Nan County, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 22 villages and 3 communities A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of peo ...

() *

Sihushan Sihushan Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into 18 villages and one community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a sha ...

() *

Sijihong Sijihong Town () is an urban town in Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions The town is divided into nine villages and one community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a s ...

() * Xinwan, Yuanjiang () * Yangluozhou ()

Climate

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Cities in Hunan County-level divisions of Hunan Geography of Yiyang {{Hunan-geo-stub