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Chibi () is a
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in southeastern
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in the north and
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in the south, Chibi is called the "South Gate of Hubei". It is under the administration of
Xianning Xianning () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus". Geography and climate Xianning is located i ...
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. Chibi was called Puqi () until 11 June 1998, when the
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approved its renaming to "Chibi" since it was the site of the famous Battle of Chibi that took place in the winter of 208/9 CE. Chibi has an area of and a population of 506,509 as of 2006.


Population

In 1908, the entire county had a population of 185,004. In 1911, there were 42,455 families. In 1931, the county had 44,724 families and population of 181,640. In 1953, after the first national population census, the county had 50,746 families and population of 182,801. In 1964, the second national population census, the county had 58,055 families and population of 248,391. From 1961 to 1970, it is the second peak of population growth, after the third national population census, the county had 75,560 families and population of 387,789, when the birth rate was 18.24%, mortality rate was 6.69% and growth rate was 11.7%. In 1982 when the third national census, the county 385,662
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people, 99.45% of the total population, 2131 minority, 0.55% of the total population, of which 1929
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Buyi people The Bouyei (also spelled ''Puyi'', ''Buyei'' and ''Buyi''; self called: Buxqyaix, or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; ; vi, người Bố Y), otherwise known as the Zhongjia, are an ethnic group living in Southern Mainland China. Numbering 2.5 mi ...
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Administrative divisions

The administrative division of Chibi starts from the
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. From the Song dynasty to the
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, it named as township. In the
Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...
, it divided as a capital system. From the
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to 1932, it changed to a township and group system. After 1949, the government of Chibi set up a district office as the county agency, managing several townships and communes. In 1975, it dismantled the district into a township and restored in 1984. Chibi has jurisdiction over ten towns, a township, three subdistricts, an agriculture zone, three state-owned agriculture, forestry, tea, 152 village committees and 1,682 village groups. Three subdistricts: * Puqi Subdistrict (), Chimagang Subdistrict (), Lushuihu Subdistrict () Ten towns: * Xindian (), Zhaoliqiao (), Cha'anling (), Chebu (), Chibi Town () (or ), Liushanhu (), Shenshan (), Zhonghuopu (), Guantangyi (), () The only township is Yujiaqiao Township () Other areas: *Pufang Industrial Park (), Guantangyi Forestry (), Yangloudong Tea Plantation (), Canghu Development Area (), Chibi Economic Development Area ()


Climate


Historic sites

Yangloudong (), an old center of tea production and trade, is located in Zhaoliqiao
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near Hubei's border with
Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
, some southwest of downtown Chibi.


References


Works cited

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External links


中华人民共和国行政区划(1998年)

Official website of Chibi Government
{{Authority control County-level divisions of Hubei Cities in Hubei Xianning