Jingmen

Jingmen
荆门市
Kingmen
View from Bailong Mountain
Nanxun Gate on Zhongtian Street
Pavilion in Longquan Park
View from Languan Pavilion
Street in Dongbao
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
Location of Jingmen City in Hubei and the PRC
Jingmen is located in Hubei
Jingmen
Jingmen
Location in Hubei
Coordinates (Jingmen municipal government): 31°02′07″N 112°11′56″E / 31.0354°N 112.1990°E / 31.0354; 112.1990
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Municipal seatDongbao District
Area
12,404 km2 (4,789 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
248.70 km2 (96.02 sq mi)
 • Districts[1]2,251.9 km2 (869.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
3,023,000
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
553,400
 • Districts[1]
915,000
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 138.8 billion
US$ 22.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 47,999
US$ 7,706
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Area code0724
ISO 3166 codeCN-HB-08
Licence plate prefixes鄂H
Websitejingmen.gov.cn

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. 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.

During the Second World War, the city was occupied by Japanese forces.

  1. ^ a b c d Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 66. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ 湖北省统计局、国家统计局湖北调查总队 (August 2016). 《湖北统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7847-6. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

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