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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Yuelu
| native_name                     = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|岳麓区}}}}
| official_name                   = 
| settlement_type                 = [[District (China)|District]]
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
| image_skyline                   = Yuelu Academy 10844-Changsha (48757566176).jpg
| image_caption                   = [[Yuelu Academy]]
| image_map                       = ChinaChangshaYuelu.png
| map_caption                     = Map of Yuelu in Changsha
| pushpin_map                     = China Hunan
| pushpin_label                   = Yuelu
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Hunan
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[China]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[Provinces of China|Province]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Hunan]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[Prefecture-level city]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Changsha]]
| seat_type                       = District seat
| seat                            = [[Wangyue|Wangyue Subdistrict]]
| area_total_km2                  = 552.02
| population_total                = 1526641
| population_as_of                = 2020 census
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_footnotes            = <ref>{{cite web |url =http://tjj.changsha.gov.cn/tjxx/tjsj/tjgb/sjgb/202106/t20210603_9988549.html |title =长沙市第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号） |publisher =Government of Changsha |language =zh |date =2021-06-03 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> 
| coordinates                     = {{coord|28.2352946035|N|112.9313315278|E|region:CN-43|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_ft                    = 
| elevation_m                     = 
| timezone                        = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
| utc_offset                      = +8
| website                         = {{URL|http://www.yuelu.gov.cn/}}
}}

'''Yuelu District''' ({{zh|s=岳麓区 |t=嶽麓區 |p=Yuèlù qū}}) is one of six urban [[District (China)|districts]] and the municipal seat of the [[prefecture-level city]] of [[Changsha]], the capital of [[Hunan|Hunan Province]], [[China]]. It is the [[List of County-level divisions of Hunan by population|4th most populous district]] (after [[Heshan District, Yiyang|Heshan]], [[Dingcheng District|Dingcheng]] and [[Yueyanglou District]]s) in Hunan. The district is bordered to the north by [[Wangcheng District]], to the west by [[Ningxiang|Ningxiang County]], to the south by [[Yuhu District]] of [[Xiangtan|Xiangtan City]], across the [[Xiang river]] to the west by [[Tianxin District|Tianxin]], [[Furong District|Furong]] and [[Kaifu District, Changsha|Kaifu Districts]]. Located on the west bank of the Xiang River, as the western part of the City proper, the district is named after [[Yuelu Mountain|Mount Yuelu]], one of the [[List of national parks of China|national parks]], Yuelu District covers {{convert|538.83|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref name="year2014"/> with registered population of 644,834 and resident population of 818,900 (as of 2014).<ref name="year2014">[http://www.cstj.gov.cn/tjnj/2015/ Changsha Yearly Book 2015 (长沙统计年鉴2015)]</ref> The district has 16 [[subdistricts of China|subdistricts]] and 2 [[towns of China|towns]] under its jurisdiction, with its [[administrative centre]] at [[Wangyue]] ({{lang|zh-hans|望岳街道}}).

== History ==
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 ({{lang|zh|麓山南路}}), Yinpenling ({{lang|zh-hans|银盆岭}}), Juzizhou ({{lang|zh|桔子洲}}) and Wangyuehu ({{lang|zh|望月村}}) four subdistricts, Yuelushan Township ({{lang|zh-hans|岳麓山乡}}) and Wangyue Township ({{lang|zh-hans|望岳乡}}) of the historic Jiaoqu, Tianding Township ({{lang|zh-hans|天顶乡}}) of the historic [[Wangcheng District|Wangcheng County]].<ref name="establishment">Adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha:  Furong, Yuelu, Tianxin, Kaifu and Yuhua Districts of Changsha were corporated On 22 April 1996 By abolishing the East, West, South, North and Suburb Districts. according to the ''Reply of the State Council on adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha, Hunan Province'' (22-Apr-96) - 《国务院关于同意湖南省调整长沙市市辖区行政区划的批复》（国函〔1996〕29号）: [http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hn/15946.html xzqh.org] or [http://law.lawtime.cn/d657617662711.html lawtime.cn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117223356/https://law.lawtime.cn/d657617662711.html |date=2023-11-17 }}</ref><ref>details of Adjusting Districts of Changsha in 1996: Notification on Adjusting the Administrative Districts of the People's Government of Changsha City (19-Jun-96) / 长沙市人民政府关于调整市辖区行政区划的通知 (长政发〔1996〕24号 - 1996年6月19日), see [https://www.pkulaw.cn/fulltext_form.aspx?gid=16916657 pkulaw.cn] or [http://www.chinalawedu.com/falvfagui/fg21752/135686.shtml chinalawedu.com]</ref>

== High education ==
Yuelu is an important cultural district with 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 [[List of universities and colleges in Hunan#Changsha City 2|University Town Zone]] where there are many [[university|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.

==Administrative divisions==
Yuelu has 17 [[Subdistricts of China|subdistrict]]s and 2 towns under its jurisdictions.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title= |script-title=zh:2022年统计用区划代码（岳麓区） |trans-title=2022 Statistical Division Codes (Yuelu District) |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2022/43/01/430104.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] |language=zh}}</ref>

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;17 subdistricts:
* [[Wangyuehu|Wangyuehu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|望月湖街道}})
* [[Yuelu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|岳麓街道}})
* [[Juzizhou|Juzizhou Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|桔子洲街道}})
* [[Yinpenling|Yinpenling Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|银盆岭街道}})
* [[Guanshaling|Guanshaling Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|观沙岭街道}})
* [[Wangchengpo|Wangchengpo Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|望城坡街道}})
* [[Xihu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|西湖街道}})
* [[Xianjiahu|Xianjiahu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|咸嘉湖街道}})
* [[Wangyue|Wangyue Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|望岳街道}})
* [[Meixihu|Meixihu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|梅溪湖街道}})
* [[Lugu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|麓谷街道}})
* [[Pingtang Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|坪塘街道}})
* [[Hanpu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|含浦街道}})
* [[Tianding|Tianding Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|天顶街道}})
* [[Yanghu|Yanghu Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|洋湖街道}})
* [[Xueshi|Xueshi Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|学士街道}})
* [[Dongfanghong Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh-hans|东方红街道}})
;2 towns:
* [[Lianhua, Changsha|Lianhua]] ({{lang|zh-hans|莲花镇}})
* [[Yuchangping]] ({{lang|zh-hans|雨敞坪镇}})
{{div col end}}

==Economy==
According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the [[gross domestic product]] of Yuelu District in 2017 was 101,671 million [[Renminbi|yuan]] (15,058 million [[United States dollar|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).<ref>according to the ''Statistical Communiqué of Yuelu District on the 2017 National Economic and Social Development'' / 岳麓区2017年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 see [http://www.hntj.gov.cn/tjfx/tjgb/xqtjgb/zsgxsq/201803/t20180330_4983627.html hntj.gov (2018-04-02)] or [http://tjj.changsha.gov.cn/zstj/tjsj/tjgb/201804/t20180403_2204389.html changsha.gov (2018-04-03)]</ref>

==References==
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{{Divisions of Yuelu District, Changsha}}
{{County-level divisions of Hunan}}

[[Category:Yuelu District| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Changsha]]