Yuelu Mountain
Yuelu Mountain is located on the west bank of the Xiang River, one tributary of Yangtze River in Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan. Its main peak and the highest point, Yunlu Peak, is about 300.8-metre above the sea level.Photo: Cncs wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yuelu Academy and Aiwan Ting Pavilion.
Yuelu Academy
Park
Photo: 颐园新居, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yuelu Academy is on the east side of Yuelu Mountain in Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan province, on the west bank of the Xiang River. As one of the four most prestigious academies over the last 1000 years in China, Yuelu Academy has been a famous institution of higher learning as well as a centre of academic activities and cultures since it was formally set up during the Northern Song Dynasty.
Aiwan Ting Pavilion
Photo: 颐园居, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Autumn-Admiring Pavilion or Aiwan Pavilion is a Chinese pavilion on Mount Yuelu, in Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan. Alongside the Zuiweng Pavilion, Taoran Pavilion and Huxin Pavilion, it is one of the Four Great Pavilions of Jiangnan.
Young Mao Zedong Statue
Work of art
The Young Mao Zedong statue or statue of Young Mao Zedong is located on Orange Isle in Changsha, Hunan. The monument stands 32 metres tall and depicts Mao Zedong's head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orange Isle and Wangchengpo.
Orange Isle
Locality
Photo: Cncs wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orange Isle is an isle in Xiang River, Changsha, Hunan, China. It also known by other names, such as Ju Isle and Shuilu Isle. It has a length of 5 kilometres, a width of 40 to 140 metres and a total area of 370,900 square metres.
Wangchengpo
Suburb
Wangchengpo Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Yuelu District in Changsha, the capital of Hunan, China. It was formed in 1998. The subdistrict has an area of 4.96 square kilometres with a permanent population of about 80,000.
Juzizhou
Suburb
Juzizhou Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Yuelu District in Changsha, Hunan, China. It is historically the Shuiluzhou Subdistrict formed in 1950s. The subdistrict has an area of 16.02 square kilometres with a permanent resident population of about 168,000.
Yuelu Mountain
- Type: Forest
- Description: mountain range in Hunan, China
- Category: mountain range
- Location: Changsha, Hunan, South-central China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.1869° or 28° 11′ 13″ northLongitude
112.9315° or 112° 55′ 53″ eastOpen location code
7PWJ5WPJ+QHOpenStreetMap ID
way 57009806OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodWikidata ID
Q1537283
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Yuelu Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yuelu Shan”
- Chinese: “岳麓山”
- Chinese: “岳麓山风景名胜区”
- Chinese: “岳麓风景名胜区”
- Chinese: “嶽麓山”
- Czech: “Hora Yuelu”
- Czech: “Jüe-lu-šan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل يويلو”
- French: “Mont Yuelu”
- French: “Parc national de Yuelushan”
- French: “Yuelu Shan”
- German: “Yuelu Shan”
- German: “Yuelushan”
- Japanese: “岳麓山”
- Ladin: “Yuelu Shan”
- Literary Chinese: “嶽麓山”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yuelu Shan”
- Norwegian: “Yuelu Shan”
- Russian: “горы Юэлу”
- Swedish: “Yuelu Shan”
- Venetian: “Yuelu Mountain”
- Wu Chinese: “嶽麓山”
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Localities in the Area
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