Yidu
Yidu
宜都市 Itu | |
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Chinese Yidu | |
| Coordinates (Yidu government): 30°22′41″N 111°27′00″E / 30.378°N 111.450°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Yichang |
| Founded | 196 BC |
| Area | |
| 1,357 km2 (524 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 221.50 km2 (85.52 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 347,388 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 208,903 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Yidu (Chinese: 宜都; pinyin: Yídū) is a county-level city in western Hubei Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang. It has a population of 395,000 residents, and covers an area of 1,357 square kilometres (524 sq mi), divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 township. Its GDP in 2015 was 50 billion yuan.
Yidu was established as a county in 196 BC during the Western Han dynasty, then called Yidao (夷道). In 210 AD, Liu Bei established Yidu Commandery.