Jingmen
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Jingmen 荆门市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
.png) Location of Jingmen City in Hubei and the PRC |
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 Jingmen
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| Coordinates: 31°03′N 112°12′E / 31.050°N 112.200°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 12,404 km2 (4,789 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,023,000 |
| • Metro | 400,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 0724 |
| GDP | 2013 |
| - Total |
CN¥120.261 billion (US$19.43 billion) |
| - Per capita | CN¥37,649 (US$6,082) |
| - Growth |
 10.5% |
| Licence plate prefixes | 鄂H |
| Website | jingmen |
Jingmen (simplified Chinese: 荆门; traditional Chinese: 荊門; pinyin: Jīngmén; Wade–Giles: Ching1mên2) is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 400,000. Jingmen is so named as in ancient times it was the gateway to Jingzhou, one of the Nine Provinces and means literally Gateway to Jingzhou.
Jingmen municipality comprises two districts, one county-level city and two counties :
Dongbao District "downtown" is located about 3 hours away from Wuhan by bus or rail. A new train service was introduced from Jingmen to Wuhan in 2004. Jingmen is very close to many great tourist attractions such as Changban Slope of Three Kingdoms fame, the Wudang Mountains, and the Ming Tomb in Zhongxiang (a World Heritage site only an hour away). As it is located in central China, Jingmen is within easy reach of almost anywhere in the country, taking about 18 hours to either Beijing or Guangzhou by train, or two hours by train to Yichang, home of the Gezhouba Dam project and Three Gorges Dam. From here travellers can fly to many destinations.
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