Yuetang District belongs to Xiangtan City, Hunan Province.

located in Hedong district of Xiangtan city, it is the administrative center of Xiangtan city, at the confluence of Xiangjiang River and Lianshui River in Hunan province, which is adjacent to Shifeng District of Zhuzhou City in the east, across Xiangjiang River from Xiangtan County in the south, across Xiangjiang River from yuhu district in the west, and near Tianxin District of Changsha City in the north. As of July 222, the total area of the district is 26 square kilometers, with a total population of about 49,, and it has jurisdiction over 9 streets, 1 town and 1 provincial economic development zone.

in Shang and Zhou dynasties, it belonged to the land of Jingchu. In June, 1992, Xiangtan City abolished the city's "five districts" (former suburbs, Xiangjiang District, yuhu district, Yuetang District and Bantang District), and established a new Yuetang District with the former Yuetang District, Bantang District and suburban "five townships and two fields" (Zhaoshan, Hetang, Bantang, Pagoda, Xiacheng and Rural, Yangtianhu Farm and Hongqi Comprehensive Farm) to the east of Xiangjiang River.

Honor of Yuetang District:

It is an important industrial base in the province and a comprehensive supporting reform experimental zone for the construction of two-oriented society in Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. It is one of the top 1 cities in China with high quality development, one of the top 1 industries in China, one of the top 1 green development areas in China and one of the advanced areas in national science and technology progress.

it has gold-lettered signboards such as national civilized city, national sanitary city, national forest city, national garden city, national advanced city in scientific and technological progress, and excellent tourist city in China, and has won honors such as promoting the integration and development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas at the county level and advanced counties and cities in foreign trade at the provincial level.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuetang District