Shennongjia
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Shennongjia 神农架林区 |
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| Forestry district | |
Muyu Town in Shennongjia
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.png) Location of Shennongjia within China and within Hubei |
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 Shennongjia
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| Coordinates: 31°35′N 110°30′E / 31.583°N 110.500°ECoordinates: 31°35′N 110°30′E / 31.583°N 110.500°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Seat | Songbai |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zhou Senfeng (周森锋) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,253 km2 (1,256 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 76,140 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Hubei Shennongjia |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | ix, x |
| Designated | 2016 (40th session) |
| Reference no. | 1509 |
| State Party | China |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
| Shennongjia Forestry District | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 神农架林区 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 神農架林區 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 神农架 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 神農架 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shénnóngjià Línqū |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Shénnóngjià |
Shennongjia Forestry District (Chinese: 神农架林区) is a county-level administrative unit (a "forestry district") in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, directly subordinated to the provincial government. It occupies 3,253 square kilometres (1,256 sq mi) in western Hubei, and, as of 2007 had the resident population estimated at 74,000 (with the registered population of 79,976).On July 17, 2016, Hubei Shennongjia were listed as World Heritage Site, the 50th World Heritage Site in China.
The population is predominantly (95%) Han Chinese, the remaining 5% being mostly Tujia.
The administrative status of Shennongjia is rather unusual, in that it is the only county-level administrative unit of the People's Republic of China designated a "forestry district" (林区), rather than a more usual county or county-level city.
Shennongjia's status within Hubei is also somewhat unusual, in that this county-level unit is directly administered by the provincial government as opposed to be part of a prefecture-level city or prefecture, as are Hubei's all "normal" counties. However, this arrangement is not unique to Shennongjia, as Hubei also has three county-level cities (Xiantao, Tianmen, Qianjiang) which are directly under the provincial government, without being part of a prefecture-level unit.
The district was created in 1970 from the adjacent areas of Badong County, Xingshan County, and Fang County.
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