Yiyang belongs to several cities.

Yiyang is a fourth-tier city, alias Yin Cheng, Lido and the hometown of badminton. It is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province. Located in the south bank of Dongting Lake in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, in the north of Hunan Province, at the eastern end of Xuefeng Mountain and other veins. It is one of the core cities around Dongting Lake and one of the 3+5 urban agglomerations of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. It has successively won the titles of provincial garden city, national forest city, national health city, national civilized city nominated city, and historical and cultural city of Hunan Province. Since ancient times, it has been a fertile land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River.

The geographical coordinates of Yiyang are from 27 58 ˊ 38 "north latitude to 29 31ˊ 42" east longitude to110 43 71402 "to1. It borders the Yangtze River in the north, Shishou County, Changde City and Huaihua City in Hubei Province in the west and southwest, Loudi City in the south, Yueyang City and Changsha City in the east and southeast. Taohuajiang nuclear power station is located in the west of Yiyang City, 40km upstream of Zishui.