Shennongjia

Shennongjia
神农架林区
Muyu Town in Shennongjia
Muyu Town in Shennongjia
Location of Shennongjia in Hubei
Location of Shennongjia in Hubei
Shennongjia is located in Hubei
Shennongjia
Shennongjia
Location of the district seat in Hubei
Coordinates (Shennongjia government): 31°44′41″N 110°40′33″E / 31.7447°N 110.6759°E / 31.7447; 110.6759
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
SeatSongbai
Government
 • MayorZhou Senfeng (周森锋)
Area
 • Total3,253 km2 (1,256 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total76,140
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • TotalCN¥ 2.1 billion
US$ 0.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 27,298
US$ 4,383
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Administrative division code429021
Websitewww.snj.gov.cn
Official nameHubei Shennongjia
Includes
CriteriaNatural: (ix), (x)
Reference1509
Inscription2016 (40th Session)
Area73,318 ha (181,170 acres)
Buffer zone41,536 ha (102,640 acres)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese神农架林区
Traditional Chinese神農架林區
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShénnóngjià Línqū
Wade–GilesShen²-nung²-chia⁴ Lin²-chʻü¹
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese神农架
Traditional Chinese神農架
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShénnóngjià
Wade–GilesShen²-nung²-chia⁴

Shennongjia Forestry District (simplified Chinese: 神农架林区; traditional Chinese: 神農架林區; pinyin: Shénnóngjià Línqū) is a county-level administrative unit (a "forestry district") in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, directly subordinated to the provincial government. It occupies 3,253 square kilometres (1,256 sq mi) in western Hubei, and, as of 2007 had the resident population estimated at 74,000 (with the registered population of 79,976). On July 17, 2016, Hubei Shennongjia was listed as a World Heritage Site, the 50th World Heritage Site in China, because of its exceptional floral and faunal biodiversity and its protection of many rare, endangered, and endemic species.[4]

The population is predominantly (95%) Han Chinese, the remaining 5% being mostly Tujia.

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  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Hubei Shennongjia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.