Yichang

Yichang 宜昌市 Ichang
Prefecture-level city
Three Gorges Dam, Cool shrimp, Tribe of Three Gorges, Qingjiang Gallery, Sanyou Cave, Three Gorges Waterfall, Xiling Gorge.
Location of Yichang City jurisdiction in Hubei
Yichang Location of the city in Hubei Show map of Hubei Yichang Location of the city in China Show map of China
Coordinates (Yichang municipal government): 30°41′31″N 111°17′13″E / 30.692°N 111.287°E / 30.692; 111.287
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Municipal seat	Xiling District
Government
• CPC Party Secretary	Huang Chuping
• Mayor	Ma Xuming
Area [1]
• Prefecture-level city	21,338 km2 (8,239 sq mi)
• Urban	4,234.3 km2 (1,634.9 sq mi)
• Metro	4,192 km2 (1,619 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (191 ft)
Highest elevation	2,427 m (7,963 ft)
Lowest elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Prefecture-level city	4,017,607
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
• Urban	1,604,740
• Urban density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
• Metro	1,536,012
• Metro density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
GDP[3]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 338.2 billion US$ 54.3 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 82,360 US$ 13,223
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal codes	443000
Area code	0717
ISO 3166 code	CN-HB-05
Licence plate prefixes	鄂E
Website	en.yichang.gov.cn

Yichang
"Yichang", as written in Chinese
Chinese	宜昌
Postal	Ichang
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yíchāng Wade–Giles I2-ch'ang1 IPA [ǐ.ʈʂʰáŋ]

Yichang (Chinese: 宜昌), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. Yichang had a population of 3.92 million people at the 2022 census,^[4] making it the third most populous city in Hubei.^[5] The city is famous for the Three Gorges, the Three Gorges Dam and the Gezhouba Dam, all three of which are located in Yiling District, one of the city's districts.^[6][7]