Changyang Tujia Autonomous County () or in Tujia language known as ''Changryangf Bifzivkar Zivzirxianf'' is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are ...

in western

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...

province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of

Yichang Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populati ...

. The county is located in the basin of the

Qing River The Qing River () is a right (southern) tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in Hubei province of south-central China., Geography Course The Qing River Headwaters originate at Tenglong Cave (Teng Long Dong) near Lichuan City, in Hub ...

, a right tributary of the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

. The river is flanked by mountains on both sides, the tallest of which - the Tianzhu Mountain - is tall. The river is dammed by the

Geheyan Dam The Geheyan Dam () is an arch-gravity dam on the Qingjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, in Hubei, China. The dam is located in Changyang Tujia Autonomous County (which is part of the prefecture-level city of Yichang), just a few kil ...

(located within the county) and the Gaoba Dam (located in the neighboring

Yidu Yidu () is a county-level city in western Hubei Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang. It has a population of 395,000 residents, and covers an area of , divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 t ...

County-level City, but flooding some of the Qingjiang River valley within Changyang County as well). The resulting reservoirs provide the main water transportation route throughout much of the county. Established in 1984 with a surface area of and a population in 1984 of 399,000 inhabitants, of which 295,000 were Tujia.

Administrative divisions

Eight towns: * Longzhouping (), Gaojiayan (), Moshi (), Duzhenwan (), Ziqiu (), Yuxiakou (), Langping (), Hejiaping () Three townships: *

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(), Yazikou Township (), Huoshaoping Township ()

Climate

Transportation

The new Yichang-Wanzhou Railway crosses the northwestern part of the county, with two stations - Langping and Hejiaping - located near the eponymous towns of the county. The

China National Highway 318 China National Highway 318 (G318) runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is the longest China National Highway at in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet Au ...

, and the newly constructed Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway (G50) run roughly parallel to the railway. Building the expressway in this area required the construction of a number of tunnels and remarkable bridges, such as the Longtanhe Bridge just outside Langping Town.Longtanhe River Viaduct
Changyang Square 01.jpg, Changyang Square 长阳老街 03.jpg, Old street Qing river in Changyang 02.jpg, Qing River Geheyan Dam 06.jpg, Geheyan Dam Longtanhe_Bridge-1.jpg, Longtanhe Bridge Tieluoping Bridge-1.jpg, Tieluoping bridge, west of Langping town

References

Counties of Hubei Geography of Yichang Tujia autonomous counties {{Hubei-geo-stub