Yichang
Yichang
宜昌市 Ichang | |
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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 Yichang Location of the city in China | |
| Coordinates (Yichang municipal government): 30°41′31″N 111°17′13″E / 30.692°N 111.287°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Municipal seat | Xiling District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Party Secretary | Huang Chuping |
| • Mayor | Chen Honghui Acting |
| Area | |
| 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 (190 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,427 m (7,963 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
| 3,926,500 | |
| • Density | 184.01/km2 (476.60/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,562,000 |
| • Urban density | 605.1/km2 (1,567/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,604,700 |
| • Metro density | 382.8/km2 (991.4/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 338.2 billion US$ 54.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 82,360 US$ 22,140 |
| 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 |
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"Yichang", as written in Chinese | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 宜昌 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Ichang | ||||||||||
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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, making it the third most populous city in Hubei. 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.