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| population_blank1_title = Districts| population_blank1 = 1459000| population_urban = 666600| population_urban_footnotes =  (2017)|population_as_of =2010 Census|population_footnotes =|population_note =|population_total =4313084|population_density_km2 =auto|population_metro =|population_density_metro_km2 =Prefecture-level city Renminbi>CNÂ¥ 210.8 billionUS$ 31.3 billion| demographics2_title2 = Per capita| demographics2_info2 = CNÂ¥ 55,567US$ 8,263China Standard Time>China Standard|utc_offset = +8|coor_pinpoint = Yiyang municipal government28.5549112.3560type:adm2nd_region:CN-43_source:Gaodedisplay=it}}|elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m =|elevation_ft =Postal code of China>Postal code|postal_code =413000|area_code =0737CN-HN-09)www.yiyang.gov.cn/yiyang/index.htm}}|footnotes =}}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 2010 Census, Yiyang has a population of 4,313,084 inhabitants residing in an area of {{convert|12,144|km2|abbr=on}}. The previous census was in 2000 when it was recorded there were 4,309,143 inhabitants.{{in lang|zh}} Compilation by LianXin website. Data from the Sixth National Population Census of the People’s Republic of China

History

Yiyang county was founded in 221 BC after Qin conquest Chu state. It is designated Yiyang as the county seat was situated at the north bank of the Yi River (modern Zi River). Then the present-day jurisdiction mostly became a part of the Principality of Changsha commandery during the Western Han.BOOK, zh:中国大百科全书（第二版）, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, 2009, 978-7-500-07958-3, 26, 388, zh, Encyclopedia of China (2nd Edition),

Subdivisions

File:Txu-oclc-10552568-nh49-15.jpg|thumb|Map including Yiyang (labeled as I-YANG (YIYANG)) (AMS, 1953)]]Yiyang administers two districts, one county-level city, and three counties. The information here presented uses the metric system and data from 2010 national census.{| class=“wikitable“!Map|{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Yiyang.png|width={{{1|654}}}|link=}} {{Image label|x=1540|y=950|scale={{{1|654}}}/2180|text=Ziyang}}{{Image label|x=1610|y=1180|scale={{{1|654}}}/2180|text=Heshan}}{{Image label|x=1650|y=310|scale={{{1|654}}}/2180|text=NanCounty}}{{Image label|x=1170|y=1200|scale={{{1|654}}}/2180|text=TaojiangCounty}}{{Image label|x=570|y=1330|scale={{{1|654}}}/2180|text=AnhuaCounty}}{{Image label|x=1770|y=600|scale={{{1|654}}}/2180|text=Yuanjiang{{small|(city)}}}}{{Image label end}}{| class=“wikitable sortable“! English Name! Simplified! Traditional! Pinyin! Area! Population! Density| Ziyang Districtzh|ZÄ«yáng QÅ«}}| 680| 410,542| 604Heshan District, Yiyang>Heshan Districtzh|Hèshān QÅ«}}| 1,379| 839,265| 609Yuanjiang, Hunan>Yuanjiang City zh|Yuánjiāng Shì}}| 2,071| 667,104| 322| Nan Countyzh|Nán Xiàn}}| 1,075| 725,562| 675| Taojiang Countyzh|Táojiāng Xiàn}}| 2,063| 769,568| 373| Anhua Countyzh|Ä€nhuà Xiàn}}| 4,950| 901,043| 182

Climate

{{Weather box|width=autoHeshan District, Yiyang>Heshan District, 1981–2010 normals)|metric first = Y|single line = Y|collapsed = Y|Jan high C = 8.5|Feb high C = 11.4|Mar high C = 16.0|Apr high C = 22.4|May high C = 26.9|Jun high C = 30.0|Jul high C = 33.4|Aug high C = 32.6|Sep high C = 28.2|Oct high C = 22.9|Nov high C = 17.3|Dec high C = 11.3|Jan mean C = 5.1|Feb mean C = 7.7|Mar mean C = 11.9|Apr mean C = 17.9|May mean C = 22.6|Jun mean C = 26.0|Jul mean C = 29.2|Aug mean C = 28.5|Sep mean C = 24.1|Oct mean C = 18.7|Nov mean C = 13.0|Dec mean C = 7.5|Jan low C = 2.7|Feb low C = 5.0|Mar low C = 8.8|Apr low C = 14.4|May low C = 19.1|Jun low C = 22.9|Jul low C = 25.9|Aug low C = 25.4|Sep low C = 21.1|Oct low C = 15.7|Nov low C = 10.0|Dec low C = 4.8Jan record low C = -8.6Feb record low C = -6.9Mar record low C = -2.1Apr record low C = 2.5May record low C = 9.5Jun record low C = 14.5Jul record low C = 19.4Aug record low C = 17.3Sep record low C = 11.4Oct record low C = 3.5Nov record low C = -1.4Dec record low C = -9.2year low C = year low F =|precipitation colour = green|Jan precipitation mm = 80.4|Feb precipitation mm = 88.3|Mar precipitation mm = 147.1|Apr precipitation mm = 177.9|May precipitation mm = 199.3|Jun precipitation mm = 222.3|Jul precipitation mm = 189.3|Aug precipitation mm = 127.7|Sep precipitation mm = 97.5|Oct precipitation mm = 82.3|Nov precipitation mm = 82.3|Dec precipitation mm = 55.1|Jan humidity = 79|Feb humidity = 79|Mar humidity = 79|Apr humidity = 77|May humidity = 77|Jun humidity = 81|Jul humidity = 76|Aug humidity = 77|Sep humidity = 78|Oct humidity = 77|Nov humidity = 77|Dec humidity = 76|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 13.4|Feb precipitation days = 13.5|Mar precipitation days = 16.8|Apr precipitation days = 15.9|May precipitation days = 15.9|Jun precipitation days = 14.9|Jul precipitation days = 11.2|Aug precipitation days = 10.9|Sep precipitation days = 9.6|Oct precipitation days = 11.4|Nov precipitation days = 10.5|Dec precipitation days = 10.8|year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 66.7|Feb sun = 68.8|Mar sun = 89.8|Apr sun = 115.7|May sun = 134.5|Jun sun = 131.6|Jul sun = 202.8|Aug sun = 188.7|Sep sun = 142.9|Oct sun = 121.5|Nov sun = 108.5|Dec sun = 95.6|year sun = | Jan percentsun = 20| Feb percentsun = 22| Mar percentsun = 24| Apr percentsun = 30| May percentsun = 32| Jun percentsun = 32| Jul percentsun = 48| Aug percentsun = 47| Sep percentsun = 39| Oct percentsun = 34| Nov percentsun = 34| Dec percentsun = 30| year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 5.9|Feb snow days = 3.2|Mar snow days = 0.8|Apr snow days = 0|May snow days = 0|Jun snow days = 0|Jul snow days = 0|Aug snow days = 0|Sep snow days = 0|Oct snow days = 0|Nov snow days = 0.1|Dec snow days = 1.9|year snow days = China Meteorological AdministrationHTTP://DATA.CMA.CN/DATA/WEATHERBK.HTML PUBLISHER=CHINA METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION ACCESS-DATE=11 JUNE 2023, WEB,experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps, zh:中国气象数据网, China Meteorological Administration, zh-hans, 28 May 2023, Experience Template, }}

Agriculture

Yiyang has many hilly farmlands in its vicinity. The primary crop around Yiyang is rice, with tea, and bamboo is also grown.

Government

The current CPC Party Secretary of Yiyang is Qu Hai and the current Mayor is Zhang Zhiheng.

Culture, People and Language

Huaguxi, the local Hunanese opera is very popular in Yiyang. The cuisine of Yiyang (a species of Xiang cuisine) is very famous for its spicy food made from pure Chili peppers.Yiyang has many famous people in the modern time of China. Ho Feng-Shan is very famous in the history of Chinese foreign affairs since he had saved many Jewish families in Europe and China when he worked as a diplomat for China during World War II. Libo Zhou is a well-known writer in China, who was born in Yiyang.The Language in Yiyang is “Yiyong-Wa” (Yiyang Dialect), which belongs to New Xiang dialect of the Chinese language. This dialect is very prevalent in all of Yiyang. But the western area of Anhua County of Yiyang has a slightly different accent, which is close to the Old Xiang accent of the Loudi District. Yiyang Dialect retains many ancient words and pronunciations and is influenced surprisingly little by Mandarin Chinese. Consequently, the Yiyang Dialect is very hard to understand for outsiders, although its speakers can communicate well with the speakers of other New Xiang dialects.

Religions

Historically, Buddhism and Taoism both played very important roles in the life of Yiyang people. In modern times, both of these religions experienced a decline, as in many other places in China. But nowadays, however, Buddhism and Christianity have many adherents in Yiyang, respectively 340,500 and 238,100 registered members.

Colleges and universities

• Hunan City University ()

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in China}}

Twin towns — Sister cities

Yiyang is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|KOR}} Namhae County, South Korea (2006)
• {{flagicon|ISR}} Petah Tikva, Israel (2011)
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (1994.12.04)
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Guarulhos, Brazil (2019)

See also

References

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External links

• Hntj.gov.cn{{spaced ndash}}provides a brief overview of the city

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