Jingmen
Jingmen
荆门市 Kingmen | |
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From top, left to right: View from Bailong Mountain; Nanxun Gate on Zhongtian Street; Pavilion in Longquan Park; View from Languan Pavilion; Street in Dongbao | |
Location of Jingmen City in Hubei and the PRC | |
| Coordinates (Jingmen municipal government): 31°02′07″N 112°11′56″E / 31.0354°N 112.1990°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Municipal seat | Dongbao District |
| Area | |
| 12,404 km2 (4,789 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017) | 248.70 km2 (96.02 sq mi) |
| • Districts | 2,251.9 km2 (869.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| 3,023,000 | |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2017) | 553,400 |
| • Districts | 915,000 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 138.8 billion US$ 22.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 47,999 US$ 7,706 |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0724 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HB-08 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 鄂H |
| Website | jingmen |
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Jingmen (simplified Chinese: 荆门; traditional Chinese: 荆門; 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.It covers an area of 12,400 square kilometers and has a total population of more than 3 million. The maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 155 kilometers and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 131 kilometers. 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 is located in the middle of Hubei, overlooking Wuhan in the east, the Three Gorges in the west, Xiaoxiang in the south, and Sichuan and Shaanxi in the north. It is known as the "Gateway to Jingchu".
During the Second World War, the city was occupied by Japanese forces.