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

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are Counties of China, county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. Autonomous counties tend to have a large number of ethnic minority citizens compared to ordinary counties (if not ...

in western

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

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

Yichang Yichang ( zh, s= ), Postal Map Romanization, 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 pop ...

. The county is located in the basin of the

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

, a right tributary of the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, i ...

. 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 Yichang ( ...

(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: *

Dayan Township Dayan or Daayan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Daayan'' (TV series), an Indian paranormal romance series * ''Daayan'', a 1996 Hindi short story collection by Bhisham Sahni People * Dayan (surname), including a list of people with ...

(), 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) is a trunk road in China that runs east-west from Shanghai in East China to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is the longest of the China National Highways at in length and runs west from Huangpu District ...

, 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