Zhijiang, Hubei

Zhijiang
枝江市
Chihkiang
Zhijiang Transportation Bureau
Zhijiang Transportation Bureau
Zhijiang is located in Hubei
Zhijiang
Zhijiang
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 30°25′34″N 111°45′40″E / 30.426°N 111.761°E / 30.426; 111.761
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityYichang
Area
 • County-level city1,310 km2 (510 sq mi)
 • Urban100.00 km2 (38.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • County-level city495,995
 • Density380/km2 (980/sq mi)
 • Urban201,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Zhijiang
Chinese枝江
PostalChihkiang
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhījiāng
Wade–GilesChih1-chiang1

Zhijiang (Chinese: 枝江; pinyin: Zhījiāng) is a county-level city of Yichang City, in the west of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Until the 1990s Zhijiang was a county. It is located on the left (northern) shore of the Yangtze River, downstream from Yichang center city.

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  2. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 66. Retrieved 11 January 2020.