Yongzhou is a prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

 in the Hunan

Hunan

' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...

 province of China

China

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YongZhou is located in the central and south of China, on the southern side of Xiang River, which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang rivers. Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan; it is 2000 years old. Its geographical area is 22,441 square kilometers, and it has a total population of nearly 5.8 million people.

Climate

Administrative divisions

• Lengshuitan District
  Lengshuitan District
  Lengshuitan District is a district that constitutes the northern half of Yongzhou county in the north of Yongzhou prefecture, Hunan province in China. It is situated on the Xiang river and is under the administration of Yongzhou city. In 2005, its population was approximately 94,000.-External...
  
   (冷水滩区)
• Lingling District
  Lingling District
  Lingling Districtis a district that constitutes the southern half of Yongzhou county in the north of Yongzhou prefecture in Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:*...
  
   (零陵区)
• Dong'an County
  Dong'an County
  Dong'an County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:*...
  
   (东安县)
• Dao County
  Dao County
  Dao County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-The Dao County Massacre of 1967:The 1967 mass killing in Dao County, known as the Dao County Massacre, was 66 days of mass destruction in Hunan Province, China, lasting from August 13 to October 17, 1967...
  
   (道县)
• Ningyuan County
  Ningyuan County
  Ningyuan County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:*...
  
   (宁远县)
• Jiangyong County
  Jiangyong County
  Jiangyong County is a county located in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Yongzhou in Hunan province, China. Nüshu is a local script understood only by women in Jiangyong County....
  
   (江永县)
• Lanshan County (蓝山县)
• Xintian County
  Xintian County
  Xintian County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:*...
  
   (新田县)
• Shuangpai County
  Shuangpai County
  Shuangpai County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:*...
  
   (双牌县)
• Qiyang County
  Qiyang County
  Qiyang County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:Missing...
  
   (祁阳县)
• Jianghua Yao Autonomous County
  Jianghua Yao Autonomous County
  Jianghua Yao Autonomous County is a county of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yongzhou city.-References:*...
  
   (江华瑶族自治县)

Sister cities

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Courthouse incident

Three judges were killed and three court staff were injured by submachine gun in the 2010 Yongzhou courthouse shooting

Yongzhou courthouse shooting

The Yongzhou courthouse shooting occurred on 1 June 2010 when 46-year-old Zhu Jun , armed with a submachine gun and 2 other weapons, entered the Lingling District People's Court in Yongzhou, Hunan and randomly killed 3 judicial workers who happened to be at work at an office on the 4th...

. The assailant was apparently angry at the Chinese justice system about the results of his divorce

Divorce

Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...

settlement.