Yueyang is a prefecture-level city at the northeastern corner of Hunan province, People's Republic of China, on the southern shores of Dongting Lake.Yueyang has an administrative area of 14,896 km2 and the city proper, 304 km2. The population was 5,477,911 at the 2010 census whom 991,465 lived in the built-up area made up of Yueyanglou District and Yunxi District.The city's most famous attraction is the Yueyang Tower.