| Yuelu | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
| Pushpin Label: | Yuelu |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Changsha |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Seat: | Wangyue Subdistrict |
| Area Total Km2: | 552.02 |
| Population Total: | 1526641 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 28.2353°N 112.9313°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Yuelu District is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. It is the 4th most populous district (after Heshan, Dingcheng and Yueyanglou Districts) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by Wangcheng District, to the west by Ningxiang County, to the south by Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, across the Xiang river to the west by Tianxin, Furong and Kaifu Districts. Located on the west bank of the Xiang River, as the western part of the City proper, the district is named after Mount Yuelu, one of the national parks, Yuelu District covers 538.83km2 with registered population of 644,834 and resident population of 818,900 (as of 2014).[2] The district has 16 subdistricts and 2 towns under its jurisdiction, its administrative centre is at Wangyue (Chinese: 望岳街道).
Yuelu District is one of five districts established on 22 April 1996 as a result of adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha. It covers most of the historic West District, including South Lushan Road (Chinese: 麓山南路), Yinpenling (Chinese: 银盆岭), Juzizhou (Chinese: 桔子洲) and Wangyuehu (Chinese: 望月村) four subdistricts, Yuelushan Township (Chinese: 岳麓山乡) and Wangyue Township (Chinese: 望岳乡) of the historic Jiaoqu, Tianding Township (Chinese: 天顶乡) of the historic Wangcheng County.[3] [4]
Yuelu is an important district that is a cultural area and has a long history and profound cultural deposit in Changsha, the Yuelu Academy (later become Hunan University) founded in 976 (the 9th year of the reign of the Song Dynasty) is on the east side of Yuelu Mountain, in the south is the University Town Zone where there are many universities including Central South University, Hunan University, Hunan Normal University, Hunan First Normal University, Hunan University of Technology and Commerce, and Hunan University of Chinese Medicine. The Changsha High-Tech Industrial Development Zone covers large area in the middle of the district.
Yuelu has 17 subdistricts and 2 towns under its jurisdictions.[5]
According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the gross domestic product of Yuelu District in 2017 was 101,671 million yuan (15,058 million US dollars), up by 9.2 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 1,862 million yuan (276 million US dollars), up by 6.6 percent, that of the secondary industry was 42,831 million yuan (6,344 million US dollars), up by 9.2 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 56,978 million yuan (8,439 million US dollars), up by 9.8 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 1.83 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 42.13 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 56.04 percent. The per capita GDP by the population of mid-year permanent residents in 2017 was 120,499 yuan (17,847 US dollars).[6]