Yongzhou
Sign in to saveFile:LL-Q9192_(cmn)-Liang_(MichaelSchoenitzer)-永州市.wav Yongzhou () 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. With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is , and at the 2022 Chinese census it had a total population of 5,143,700, of whom 1,146,692 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts.
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Place details
- Locality
- 永州市
- Region
- 湖南省
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 1,020,715
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yongzhou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.other_name
- Yungchow
- Settlement.native_name
- 永州市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.image_skyline
- YongZhou.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- A pontoon bridge, Xiang River
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Yongzhou Prefecture within Hunan (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Yongzhou City jurisdiction in Hunan
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Hunan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city centre in Hunan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 永州市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Hunan
- Contains
- Jianghua Yao Autonomous County
- Population
- +5289824
- Area
- +22259.2
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.yzcity.gov.cn
- Image
- YongZhou.JPG
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography and climate
- Administrative divisions
- Government
- Transportation
- Air
- Rail
- Within Yongzhou area;
- Highway
- Demographics
- Ethnic composition
- Education
- Secondary school
- Universities and Colleges
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- Courthouse incident
- References
- External links
File:LL-Q9192_(cmn)-Liang_(MichaelSchoenitzer)-永州市.wav Yongzhou () 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. With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is , and at the 2022 Chinese census it had a total population of 5,143,700, of whom 1,146,692 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts.
==History== thumb|left|200px|Maps of "Hoang-tcheou-fou" and "Yong-tcheou-fou" in "[[Hou-quang" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries.]] During late imperial China, Yongzhou was also the seat of a prefecture.