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Yueyang City
Total area: 15,019 km2
Permanent population: 4.9875 million (2024)
Major industrial products: Petrochemicals, electromechanical equipment, and textiles
Major agricultural products: Grain, cotton, fishery, and stock raising
Major mines: Gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and zinc
Airport: Sanhe Airport
Road freight volume: 159.6355 million tonnes (2024)
Waterway freight volume: 105.0284 million tonnes (2024)
Rail freight volume: 21.277 million tonnes (2024)
GDP: 512.766 billion CNY (2024)
Sum of exports: 8.887 billion CNY (2024)
Sum of imports: 44.95 billion CNY (2024)
Direct foreign investment: 224.68 million USD (2024)
Per capita disposable income: 36,836 CNY (2024)
Forest coverage: 38.21% (2023)
Yueyang is a historical and cultural city nestled within the Yangtze River valley, as a bright pearl besides the Dongting Lake. It is located in northeast Hunan and consists of two county-level cities -- Linxiang and Miluo, four counties -- Pingjiang, Yueyang, Huarong, and Xiangyin, three districts -- Yueyanglou, Yunxi, and Junshan, Yueyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Chenglingji New Port Zone, South Lake Scenic Area and Qu Yuan Administration Area.
International friendship cities:
• Numazu, Japan
• Titusville, U.S.A.
• Castlegar, Canada
• Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
• Cockburn, Australia
• Somerset, UK
• Akabira, Japan (with Miluo)
Data Sources: Yueyang Municipal Statistics Bureau; Office of Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee
Updated in April 2025