Jishou

Jishou
吉首市 · Jiersouv
Kishow
Location of Jishou City within Xiangxi
Location of Jishou City within Xiangxi
Jishou is located in Hunan
Jishou
Jishou
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 28°16′34″N 109°42′43″E / 28.276°N 109.712°E / 28.276; 109.712[1]
CountryChina
ProvinceHunan
Autonomous prefectureXiangxi
Municipal seatQianzhou Subdistrict
Area
 • County-level city1,062.46 km2 (410.22 sq mi)
 • Urban48.00 km2 (18.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[4]
 • County-level city408,812
 • Estimate 
(2017)
386,000
 • Density380/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
 • Urban291,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
4160XX
Websitewww.jishou.gov.cn

Jishou (Chinese: 吉首; pinyin: Jíshǒu; Tujia: Jiersouv) is a county-level city and the seat of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China.

Located in western Hunan province, the city is bordered to the northwest by Huayuan and Baojing Counties, to the northeast by Guzhang County, to the southeast by Luxi County, to the southwest by Fenghuang County. Jishou City covers 1,078.33 km2 (416.35 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 301,000 and a resident population of 286,400.[5]

  1. ^ "Jishou" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ^ Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Land Use Plan (2006–20)/《湘西土家族苗族自治州土地利用总体规划(2006-2020年)》.(in Chinese) Accessed 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 68. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ "湘西州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Xiangxi Prefecture. 2021-06-18.
  5. ^ the population of Jishou City in 2015, according to the 2015年吉首市国民经济和社会发展统计公报 [Statistical Communiqué of Jishou City on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development]. www.tjcn.org. or ahmhxc.com