Jingzhou

Jingzhou (Simplified Chinese: 荆州; Traditional Chinese: 荊州; Pinyin: Jīngzhōu) is a city in the Hubei province of the Peoples Republic of China, on the banks of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). Population (municipality): 6.3 million. Urban population: 1.56 million.

Geography
The municipality has an area of 14,067 km2. It is higher on the west and lower on the east. It is densely covered by a network of waterways, as well as lakes; with winding river course.

Jingzhou is located on the middle reaches of the Chang Jiang (Trad. Chinese: 長江; Simp. Chinese: 长江), in the Jianghan Plain. To its east there is Wuhan, to its west there are the Three Gorges, to its south there is Hunan province and to its north there is Jingmen city.

Administration
Jingzhou Municipality has jurisdiction over:

the districts of Jingzhou, Jiangling and Shashi
three counties: Jiangling, Gongan, Jianli
three cities: Songzi, Shishou and Honghu

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