Fancheng is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the city of

Xiangyang Xiangyang is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, China and the second largest city in Hubei by population. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city no ...

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 pr ...

, People's Republic of China.

History

Du Halde - Description de la Chine - Ville de Siang yang fou

Fancheng, or Fan City, was an ancient city in

, situated on the northern side of the Han River, opposite

on the southern side of the river. Throughout history, the city has served both military and economic purposes and was famous for numerous battles including the

Battle of Fancheng The Battle of Fancheng or the Battle of Fan Castle was fought between the warlords Liu Bei and Cao Cao in 219 in the late Eastern Han dynasty. It is named after Fancheng in present-day Xiangyang, Hubei, a fortress that played a significant rol ...

during the

Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Han dynasty#Eastern Han, Eastern Han dynasty and wa ...

period and the Siege of Xiangyang during the

Mongol invasions The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire: the Mongol Empire (1206-1368), which by 1300 covered large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastation ...

. In 1949, Fancheng was merged with Xiangyang to form Xiangfan, a

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 China' ...

. Fancheng is now a district of that city, encompassing and having a population of 821,531, according to a 2010 census.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Hanjiang Subdistrict (), Wangzhai Subdistrict (),

Zhongyuan Subdistrict Zhongyuan (), the Central Plain(s), also known as Zhongtu (, lit. 'central land') and Zhongzhou (, lit. 'central region'), commonly refers to the part of the North China Plain surrounding the lower and middle reaches of the Yellow River, centere ...

(), Dingzhongmen Subdistrict (), Qinghekou Subdistrict (), Pingxiangmen Subdistrict (), Migong Subdistrict (), Shipu Subdistrict (), Zizhen Subdistrict (),Part of the New High Technologies District (高新区) located in Fancheng District Qilihe Subdistrict (), Dongfeng Subdistrict () Towns: * Niushou (), Taipingdian (), Tuanshan (), Mizhuang ()

External links

Official website of Fancheng District Government

References

Ancient Chinese cities Xiangyang {{Hubei-geo-stub

History

Administrative divisions

See also

External links

References