Driving in Yueyang - The happiest city in China

Driving in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, China in 4K 60P.
Yueyang City, formerly known as "Baling" and also known as "Yuezhou", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, a provincial sub-central city, and the second largest economy in Hunan province. It is located in the northeast of Hunan, with the Yangtze River in the north, three rivers and four lakes in the south, and Dongting Lake in its embrace, where rivers and lakes converge. As of March 2023, the city has 3 districts, 4 counties, and 2 county-level cities under its jurisdiction, with an administrative area of ​​14,858 square kilometers; as of the end of 2022, the city’s permanent population is 5.0175 million.
Yueyang City is one of the first batch of open cities along the Yangtze River by the State Council and an important regional center city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The city was founded in 505 BC and was named because the original county seat was located in the south of Tianyue Mufu Mountain. It is a cultural city with a long history of more than 2,500 years. Yueyang City has extremely convenient transportation. The Yangtze River, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Haoji Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway and other national transportation arteries are interwoven in the urban area. Yueyang is the only international trade port city in Hunan and a famous port city in China. Chenglingji Port connects the river and the sea, and has Chenglingji Comprehensive Bonded Zone.
Yueyang City has a profound humanities and beautiful scenery. It is a city with famous mountains, rivers, buildings, celebrities and literature. It is one of the important origins of Chinese culture and a famous tourist destination inside and outside the country. In 2014, it was rated as the city with the greatest sense of happiness and the most cultural soft power in China. It is the only prefecture-level city in the country to achieve these two honors.
City name: Yueyang City
Other names: Yuezhou, Baling
Administrative division type: prefecture-level city
Area: Hunan Province, China
Geographic location: Central China, northeastern Hunan Province
Acreage: 14,858 km²
Administrative division: 3 districts, 4 counties, and 2 county-level cities
Government address: No. 235, Jin'e Middle Road, Yueyang Tower District, Yueyang City
Telephone area code: 0730
Postal code: 414,000
Climate: subtropical monsoon climate
Population: 5,017,500 (2022 permanent population)
Famous attractions: Yueyang Tower, Junshan Island, Zhangguying Village, Quzi Temple, Miluo River, Shiniuzhai, Tianyue Mufu Mountain, Mabu Mountain
Airports: Yueyang Sanhe Airport, Pingjiang Anding Airport
Railway stations: Yueyang Station, Yueyang East Station, etc.
License plate code: 湘F
Regional GDP: 4,841.78 100 million yuan (2023)
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