Yingshan County () is one of the seven counties governed by 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 ...

Huanggang Huanggang is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Hubei Province, China. It is situated to the north of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is bounded in the north by the Dabie Mountains and is named after Mount Huanggang. It borde ...

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 ...

, located on the eastern edge of the province, adjoining

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze Riv ...

, and encompassing the southwestern portion of the

Dabie Mountains The Dabie Mountains () are a major mountain range located in central China. Running northwest-to-southeast, they form the main watershed between the Huai and Yangtze rivers. The range also marks the boundary between Hubei Province and its neigh ...

. The county covers an area of in 11 towns and townships.

History

Yingshan is famous as the birthplace of

Bi Sheng Bi Sheng (; 972–1051 AD) was a Chinese artisan, engineer, and inventor of the world's first movable type technology, with printing being one of the Four Great Inventions. Bi Sheng's system was made of Chinese porcelain and was invented betwe ...

, the inventor of movable-type printing technology in the 11th century, which is regarded as one of ancient China's Four Great Inventions. Map of the Long March 1934-1935-en

Geography

Administrative divisions

Yingshan County administers eight towns and three townships:

Climate

Economy

Transportation

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Gallery

File:湖北英山理工中专校园一角 - panoramio.jpg, 'Rise' Yingshan Vocational School File:英山街道 - panoramio.jpg, Yingshan

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References

* * Huanggang Counties of Hubei {{Hubei-geo-stub