Jingzhou
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Jingzhou 荆州市 |
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Jingzhou old city wall.
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.png) Location of Jingzhou City jurisdiction in Hubei |
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 Jingzhou
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| Coordinates: 30°20′N 112°13′E / 30.333°N 112.217°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 14,068.68 km2 (5,431.95 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,562.2 km2 (603.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,562.2 km2 (603.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 5,691,707 |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,154,086 |
| • Urban density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,154,086 |
| • Metro density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Licence plate prefixes | 鄂D |
| Website | http://www.jingzhou.gov.cn/ |
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"Jingzhou", as written in Chinese
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| Simplified Chinese | 荆州 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 荊州 | ||||||
| Postal | Kingchow | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jīngzhōu |
Jingzhou (Chinese: 荆州) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. As of the 2010 census, its total population was 5,691,707, 1,154,086 of whom resided in the built-up (or metro) area comprising the two urban districts.
Jingzhou's central urban area has grown out of a city historically known as Shashi; this name is preserved in the name of Shashi District, which includes the city's historical center, as well as in the names of a number of local facilities, such as Shashi Airport and a railway freight station.
Jingzhou occupies an area of 14,067 square kilometres (5,431 sq mi) with a topography rising from east to west. It is covered by a dense network of waterways, as well as lakes, and is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on the Jianghan Plain. Downstream to its east lies Wuhan, the provincial capital and to the west the city of Yichang, the Three Gorges, and finally Chongqing Municipality. Jingmen City, also in Hubei, lies to the north; to its south are Yueyang and Changde, both in Hunan Province.
Jingzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with hot, humid summers, and damp, chilly, but drier winters. Monthly daily average temperatures range from 4.1 °C (39.4 °F) in January to 28.0 °C (82.4 °F) in July. The area receives 1,800 to 2,000 hours of sunshine per year and has a frost-free period of 242−263 days annually.
According to the 2010 Census, the prefecture-level city of Jingzhou has 5,691,707 inhabitants and a population density of 405 inhabitants per km².
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