Jingmen
Prefecture-level city in Hubei, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jingmen (simplified Chinese: 荆门; traditional Chinese: 荆門; pinyin: Jīngmén; Wade–Giles: Ching1mên2) is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 400,000. Jingmen is so named as in ancient times it was the gateway to Jingzhou, one of the Nine Provinces and means literally Gateway to Jingzhou.
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Jingmen
荆门市 Kingmen | |
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Coordinates (Jingmen municipal government): 31°02′07″N 112°11′56″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Municipal seat | Dongbao District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 12,404 km2 (4,789 sq mi) |
• Urban (2017)[1] | 248.70 km2 (96.02 sq mi) |
• Districts[1] | 2,251.9 km2 (869.5 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 3,023,000 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
• Urban (2017)[1] | 553,400 |
• Districts[1] | 915,000 |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 138.8 billion US$ 22.3 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 47,999 US$ 7,706 |
Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
Area code | 0724 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HB-08 |
Licence plate prefixes | 鄂H |
Website | jingmen |
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During the Second World War, the city was occupied by Japanese forces.