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 River and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guangdong to the southeast and Guangxi to the southwest.
History
During late imperial China, Yongzhou was also the seat of a prefecture.
In 2016, with the approval of the State Council, Yongzhou City was included in the List of National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China.
Geography and climate
Yongzhou is the southernmost prefecture-level division of Hunan, and is located at the confluence of the
Xiao River (Xiaoshui) and
. Within its borders is the
Nan Mountains (Nan Ling), which increases the complexity of climatic variation. It borders
Chenzhou to the east,
Hezhou (
Guangxi),
Guilin (Guangxi) and
Qingyuan (
Guangdong) to the south, and
Hengyang and
Shaoyang to the north. Its area spans around .
Yongzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with a 1981–2010 annual mean temperature of , although within the prefecture-level city the range during 1971–2000 was .
Administrative divisions
As of October 2022, there are 11 county-level divisions under jurisdiction of Yongzhou:
Government
The current Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Yongzhou is Zhu Hongwu and the current mayor is Chen Ailin.
Transportation
Air
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Yongzhou Lingling Airport (永州机场), Located in Lanjiaoshan Town, Yongzhou City, the airport is 7 kilometers away from the northernmost end of Lingling City and the southernmost end of Lengshuitan City.
Rail
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Yongzhou Railway Station (永州站)
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Lingling Railway Station (零陵火车站)
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Yongzhou East Railway Station (永州东站)
Within Yongzhou area;
Highway
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China National Highway 207
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China National Highway 322
Demographics
According to the 7th National Population Census conducted in 2020, the permanent resident population of the city is 5,289,824.
Compared to the 5,194,275 people in the sixth national population census, there has been a total increase of 95549 people in the past decade, an increase of 1.84%, and an average annual growth rate of 0.18%.
Ethnic composition
Yongzhou City is a multi-ethnic area. There are 49 ethnic groups in the city, including 48 ethnic minorities. The permanent population of ethnic minorities is 561,342, accounting for 10.61%; the registered population of ethnic minorities is 740,639, accounting for 11.57%, both ranking fourth in the Hunan province.
Education
Secondary school
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Hunan Yongzhou No.1 High School (湖南省永州市第一中学)
Universities and Colleges
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Hunan University of Science and Engineering (湖南科技学院)
Notable people
Sister cities
Courthouse incident
Three judges were killed and three court staff were injured by submachine gun in the 2010 Yongzhou courthouse shooting.
The assailant was apparently angry at the Chinese justice system about the results of his
divorce settlement.
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