Enshi City

Enshi
恩施市 · Enrshiv · Entshil
Enshih
Aerial view of the city at night
Aerial view of the city at night
Enshi is located in Hubei
Enshi
Enshi
Location in Hubei
Coordinates (Enshi City government): 30°17′42″N 109°28′47″E / 30.2951°N 109.4796°E / 30.2951; 109.4796
CountryChina
ProvinceHubei
Autonomous prefectureEnshi
Municipal seatXiaoduchuan Subdistrict
Area
3,971.58 km2 (1,533.44 sq mi)
 • Urban52.00 km2 (20.08 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
836,781
 • Estimate 
(2017)
857,000
 • Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
 • Urban260,700
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
445000
Area code0718
Websitewww.es.gov.cn
Enshi
Chinese恩施
PostalEnshih
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĒnshī
Wade–GilesEn1-shih1
Former name
Chinese
PostalShihnan
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShīnán
Wade–GilesShih1-nan2

Enshi (Chinese: 恩施; pinyin: Ēnshī) is a county-level city in and the seat of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in western Hubei province, China. The prefecture's legislature, executive and judiciary are seated here, as well as its CPC and public security bureau.

The entire county-level city of Enshi has an area of 3,967 square kilometres (1,532 sq mi) and a population of 780,000.[4]

  1. ^ 市情概况 [City Overview] (in Simplified Chinese). Enshi City People's Government. 恩施市域为鄂西南山地,东西横距86.5千米,南北纵距90.2千米,国土面积3971.58平方千米。[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "恩施州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Enshi Prefectural Bureau of Statistics. 2021-06-17.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Profile of Enshi City" (in Chinese). Official website of Enshi city government. Archived from the original on April 22, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.