Yuanjiang

Yuanjiang is a county-level city in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang.

Located in the north of the province, the city is bordered to the north by Nan County, to the northeast by Yueyang County, to the southeast by Xiangyin County, to the south by Ziyang District, to the west by Hanshou County. Yuanjiang City covers 2,012.5 km2, as of 2015, it had a registered population of 768,000 and a permanent resident population of 689,100. Yuanjiang has 11 towns and two subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Qionghu (琼湖街道).

Yuanjiang is a city in the drainage basin of Yuan River (Yuan Jiang), it is named after the river, which flows through the city roughly west to east. its most land is located on the northwestern bank of the Dongting Lake.

It is home to Chishan Prison, which holds a number of political prisoners.

Administrative divisions
After an adjustment of township-level divisions of Yuanjiang City on 26 November 2015, Yuanjiang City has 11 towns and two subdistricts under its jurisdiction. they are:


 * 2 subdistricts
 * Qionghu (琼湖街道), merging Wanzihu Township, Qingyunshan Subdistrict and a portion of the former Qionghu Subdistrict on November 26, 2015.
 * Yanzhihu (胭脂湖街道), merging Sanyantang Town and a portion of the former Qionghu Subdistrict on November 26, 2015.


 * 11 towns
 * Caowei (草尾镇)
 * Chapanzhou (茶盘洲镇)
 * Gonghua (共华镇)
 * Huangmaozhou (黄茅洲镇)
 * Nandashan (南大膳镇)
 * Nanzui (南嘴镇)
 * Qianshanhong (千山红镇)
 * Sihushan (泗湖山镇)
 * Sijihong (四季红镇)
 * Xinwan, Yuanjiang (新湾镇)
 * Yangluozhou (阳罗洲镇)