Yidu () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

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, China. It is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of Chi ...

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 ...

. It has a population of 395,000 residents, and covers an area of , divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 township. Its GDP in 2015 was 50 billion yuan. Yidu was established as a county in 196 BC during the

Western Han The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a war ...

dynasty, then called Yidao (). In 210 AD,

Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the ...

established Yidu Commandery.

Administrative divisions

The only subdistrict is Lucheng Subdistrict () Towns: * Honghuatao (), Gaobazhou (), Niejiahe (), Songmuping (),

Zhicheng Zhicheng () is a town in Yidu County-level city, Yichang Prefecture-level city, Hubei Province, China. It is situated on the right (southern) shore of the Yangtze River, some 15 km southeast from downtown Yidu. As of 2005, it had a populatio ...

(), Yaojiadian (), Wuyanquan (), Wangjiafan () Townships: * Panjiawan Tujia Ethnic Township ()

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Hubei Geography of Yichang Populated places on the Yangtze River Cities in Hubei {{Hubei-geo-stub