Yiyang

 ( Cities In Hunan ) 

Yiyang (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 . The previous census was in 2000 when it was recorded there were 4,309,143 inhabitants. Compilation by LianXin website. Data from the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China

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History Yiyang county was founded in 221 BC after Qin dynasty conquered Chu state. It is designated Yiyang as the county seat was situated at the north bank of the Zi River (modern Zi River). Then the present-day jurisdiction mostly became a part of the Principality of Changsha commandery during the Western Han.

(2026). 9787500079583, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. ISBN 9787500079583

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Subdivisions 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.

Ziyang District	资阳区	資陽區		680	410,542	604
Heshan District	赫山区	赫山區		1,379	839,265	609
Yuanjiang City	沅江市			2,071	667,104	322
Nan County	南县	南縣		1,075	725,562	675
Taojiang County	桃江县	桃江縣		2,063	769,568	373
Anhua County	安化县	安化縣		4,950	901,043	182

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Climate

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

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

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Culture, people and language Huaguxi, the local Chinese opera is very popular in Yiyang. The cuisine of Yiyang (a species of Hunan cuisine) is very famous for its spicy food made from pure .

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.

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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. Nowadays, however, Buddhism and Christianity have many adherents in Yiyang, respectively 340,500 and 238,100 registered members.

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Colleges and universities

• Hunan City University (湖南城市学院)

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International relations

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Twin towns — Sister cities Yiyang is twinned with:

• Stara Zagora, Bulgaria (1994.12.04)
• Namhae County, South Korea (2006)
• Petah Tikva, Israel (2011)
• Rajshahi, Bangladesh (2018)
• Guarulhos, Brazil (2019)

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Tourist attractions White Deer Temple is a popular attraction.

The Former Residence of Zhou Libo is a well known tourist spot.

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External links

• Hntj.gov.cn provides a brief overview of the city

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