Jingzhou, formerly known as Jiangling and Du Ying, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. It is the central city in south-central Hubei and one of the transportation hubs in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River approved by the State Council. The city has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities and 2 counties, with a total area of 1.45438+0.000 square kilometers.

Jingzhou is located in the middle of China, south-central Hubei, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the hinterland of Jianghan Plain. It is an excellent tourist city, a national garden city, a national health city, a national forest city, a national double-support model city, a national regional circulation node city, an important highway transportation hub and an important port city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in China.

Jingzhou is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities, and it is a riverside city with both ancient culture and modern civilization. "When Yu zoned Kyushu, Jingzhou began to exist." Jingzhou has a history of 5,000 years and has been the root of Jingchu culture since ancient times. Twenty generations of The King of Chu State people have established their capital here for 465,438+0 years.

Geographical environment:

Jingzhou City is located in the middle south of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the hinterland of Jianghan Plain, between east longitude115' ~11405' and north latitude 29 26' ~ 3137.

It borders Hannan District of Wuhan City in the east, and faces Jiayu County and chibi city of Xianning City across the river in the southeast. Nanbinjiang is adjacent to Yueyang City, Hunan Province, and borders Yiyang City and Changde City. It borders dangyang city, zhijiang city, Yidu and Wufeng counties in Yichang in the west, and borders Jingmen, Qianjiang and Xiantao in the north.

The maximum horizontal distance from east to west is about 274.8km, and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is about130.2km.. Jiajiang is distributed in a strip shape. The Yangtze River runs through the city from west to east, with a total length of 483 kilometers.

The above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingzhou City