Yongzhou


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 and Xiang Rivers, and bordering Guangdong to the southeast and Guangxi to the southwest. With a history of 2000 years, Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is, and it has a total population of nearly 5.8 million people.

History

During late imperial China, Yongzhou was also the seat of a prefecture.

Geography and climate

Yongzhou is the southernmost prefecture-level division of Hunan, and is located at the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers. Within its borders is the Nan Mountains, which increases the complexity of climatic variation. It borders Chenzhou to the east, Hezhou, Guilin and Qingyuan to the south, and Hengyang and Shaoyang to the north. Its area spans around.
Yongzhou has a humid subtropical climate, with a 1981-2010 annual mean temperature of, although within the prefecture-level city the range during 1971-2000 was. Winters are mild and brief, beginning somewhat dry and turning wet and gloomy as the season progresses. Spring is very rainy, especially in May, which is the wettest month. Summer is very hot and humid, with moderate levels of rain, and generous sunshine; on average, July and August are the only two months where the area receives more than half of possible sunshine. Autumn is the driest season. From January to May, on average, more than half of the days each month receive some precipitation. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July. The annual precipitation is around. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 15% in February and March to 58% in July, the city receives 1,491 hours of sunshine annually.

Administrative divisions

Map

Government

The current CPC Party Secretary of Yongzhou is Li Hui and the current Mayor is Zhu Hongwu.

Transportation

Air

Highway

Yongzhou is the home of Chinese supermodel Liu Wen.

Sister cities

CountryCityState / RegionSince
Sri Lanka Nuwara EliyaCentral Province2009
Malaysia KlangSelangor

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.