Taipingxi Town (, "Taiping Stream Town") is a
town
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in
Yiling District 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 ...
Prefecture-level city
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of China's
Hubei
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Province. It is located on the left (northern) side of the
Yangtze River
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, near the northern end of the
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam (), officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project () is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downs ...
.
As an administrative unit, Taipingxi occupies 152 square km (mostly, rural area), and has the population of 27,000 people.
[三峡工程坝头库首第一镇——宜昌市夷陵区太平溪镇]
(The first town at the Three Gorges Dam and at the head of the Three Gorges Reservoir: Taiping Town, Yiling District, Yichang City)
Taipingxi town center is situated on the
Three Gorges Reservoir, less than a kilometer north-west of the Three Gorges Dam's ship locks. An important river port, Taipingxi Harbor (; ) is adjacent to the town center. This is the easternmost port facility on the Three Gorges Reservoir, the one closest to the dam.
The towns of
Maoping and
Sandouping are located on the opposite (southern) side of the river;
Letianxi, on the same (northern) side, a few kilometers downstream. The
Xiling Bridge crosses the river downstream of the dam, connecting Taipingxi with Sandouping.
Like many other towns in the
Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Taipingxi houses many residents resettled from villages flooded by the reservoir.
Besides the economic activities connected to the Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River shipping, Taipingxi also has mining and tea plantations.
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Administrative divisions
One residential community:
See also
* List of township-level divisions of Hubei
References
External links
Taipingxi Town Government
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Township-level divisions of Hubei
Geography of Yichang
Towns in China