Yongzhou, Hunan Province, China

🇨🇳 Yongzhou, formerly known as Lingling, 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 south-east and Guangxi to the south-west. With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan.

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 Yongzhou is the southernmost prefecture-level division of Hunan, and is located at the confluence of the Xiao (Xiaoshui) and Xiang Rivers. 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 22,400 km² (8,650 sq mi).

Administrative divisions • Lengshuitan District (冷水滩区) • Lingling District (零陵区) • Qiyang City (祁阳市) • Dong'an County (东安县) • Dao County (道县) • Ningyuan County (宁远县) • Jiangyong County (江永县) • Lanshan County (蓝山县) • Xintian County (新田县) • Shuangpai County (双牌县) • Jianghua Yao Autonomous County (江华瑶族自治县).

Transport: Air • Yongzhou Lingling Airport (永州机场), Located in Lanjiaoshan Town, Yongzhou City, the airport is 7 km away from the northernmost end of Lingling City and the southernmost end of Lengshuitan City.

Transport: Rail • Yongzhou Railway Station (永州站) • Lingling Railway Station (零陵火车站) • Yongzhou East Railway Station (永州东站); Within Yongzhou area; • Hunan–Guangxi Railway (湘桂铁路) • Luo-Zhan Railway (洛湛铁路).

Transport: Road • China National Highway 207 • 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 • Hunan Yongzhou No.1 High School (湖南省永州市第一中学)

Universities and Colleges • Hunan University of Science and Engineering (湖南科技学院).