Miluo City
Miluo
汨罗市 | |
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Location of Miluo City within Yueyang | |
| Coordinates: 28°45′40″N 113°09′36″E / 28.761°N 113.160°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Yueyang |
| Area | |
| 1,484.0 km2 (573.0 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 20.20 km2 (7.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| 685,000 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 158,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | miluo |
Miluo (simplified Chinese: 汨罗; traditional Chinese: 汨羅; pinyin: Mìluó) is a county-level city in Hunan province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yueyang. The city is located on the northeast of the province and on the eastern bank of the Xiang River, it is to the north of the city proper of Changsha City. Miluo is bordered to the north by Yueyang County, to the east by Pingjiang County, to the south by Changsha County and Wangcheng District of Changsha City, and to the west by Xiangyin County and Yuanjiang City. Miluo covers an area of 1,669.8 km2 (644.7 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a permanent resident population of 668,156. The city has three subdistricts and 10 towns under its jurisdiction. The government seat is Guiyi (归义镇).
Miluo City is named after the River of Miluo, which is a tributary in the lower reaches of the Xiang River. Miluo River is known that it is the source place of Dragon Boat Festival.