| Yuanjiang | |
| Other Name: | Yuankiang |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 422400 |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan#China |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yiyang |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdivisions |
| Area Total Km2: | 1797.0 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 19.68 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 819000 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Urban: | 191000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 28.945°N 112.598°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
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 2012.5km2, as of 2015, it had a registered population of 768,000 and a permanent resident population of 689,100.[2] Yuanjiang has 11 towns and two subdistricts under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Qionghu (Chinese: 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.[3]
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.[4] they are: