Located in Hedong District of Xiangtan City, it is the administrative center of Xiangtan City and the intersection of Xiangjiang River and Lianshui River in Hunan Province. It is adjacent to Shifeng District of Zhuzhou City in the east, Xiangtan County across the Xiangjiang River in the south, yuhu district across the Xiangjiang River in the west and Tianxin District of Changsha City in the north. The total area of this area is 206 square kilometers. By July 2022, the total population was about 490,000. It governs 9 streets, 1 town and 1 provincial city.

During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, it belonged to the land of Jingchu. 1June, 1992, Xiangtan abolished the "five districts" of the city (former suburbs, Xiangjiang District, yuhu district, Yuetang District and Bantang District) and replaced them with the "five townships and two fields" in the former Yuetang District, Bantang District and suburbs (Zhaoshan, Tanghe, Bantang, Pagoda, Downtown and Rural Area, Yangtianhu Farm and Hongqi Comprehensive Farm).

Yuetang District Honor:

It is an important industrial base in the province and a comprehensive supporting reform experimental area for the construction of two-oriented society in Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. It is also a top 100 city with high quality development, a top 100 industrial area in China, a top 100 green development area and an advanced science and technology area.

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 a well-off society in an all-round way, demonstrating the integration and development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas, and advanced counties and cities in foreign trade.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yuetang District