Welcome to Yongzhou!
Yongzhou (永州) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hunan province, bordering Guangdong further south and Guangxi to the southwest. 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 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 22,255.31 square kilometres (8,592.82 sq mi), and as of 2018 estimation, had a total population of 5,452,100 people whom 1,107,900 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts.