Taipingxi

Taipingxi
太平溪镇
Town
Xiling Bridge and a section of Taipingxi Town. Looking north; the Yangtze flows to the right; Sandouping in the foreground, Taipingxi in the background
Xiling Bridge and a section of Taipingxi Town. Looking north; the Yangtze flows to the right; Sandouping in the foreground, Taipingxi in the background
Taipingxi is located in Hubei
Taipingxi
Taipingxi
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 30°51′0″N 111°0′0″E / 30.85000°N 111.00000°E / 30.85000; 111.00000
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityYichang
DistrictYiling District
Village-level divisions1 residential community
12 villages[1]
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total23,979
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Taipingxi Town (Chinese: 太平溪镇; pinyin: Tàipíngxī Zhèn, "Taiping Stream Town") is a town in Yiling District of Yichang Prefecture-level city of China's Hubei Province. It is located on the left (northern) side of the Yangtze River, near the northern end of the Three Gorges Dam.

As an administrative unit, Taipingxi occupies 152 square km (mostly, rural area), and has the population of 27,000 people.[3]

Taipingxi town center is situated on the Three Gorges Reservoir, less than a kilometer north-west of the Three Gorges Dam's ship locks. An important river port, Taipingxi Harbor (Chinese: 太平溪港; 30°51′00″N 111°00′00″E / 30.85000°N 111.00000°E / 30.85000; 111.00000) is adjacent to the town center. This is the easternmost port facility on the Three Gorges Reservoir, the one closest to the dam.

The towns of Maoping and Sandouping are located on the opposite (southern) side of the river; Letianxi, on the same (northern) side, a few kilometers downstream. The Xiling Bridge crosses the river downstream of the dam, connecting Taipingxi with Sandouping.

Like many other towns in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Taipingxi houses many residents resettled from villages flooded by the reservoir.

Besides the economic activities connected to the Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River shipping, Taipingxi also has mining and tea plantations.[3]

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  2. ^ 夷陵区历史沿革 [Yiling District Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018. 2010年第六次人口普查，夷陵区常住总人口520186人，其中：{...}太平溪镇23979人，
  3. ^ a b 三峡工程坝头库首第一镇——宜昌市夷陵区太平溪镇 (The first town at the Three Gorges Dam and at the head of the Three Gorges Reservoir: Taiping Town, Yiling District, Yichang City) (in Chinese)