Xiantao ( zh, s= , p=Xiāntáo) is a

sub-prefecture-level city A sub-prefectural municipality (), sub-prefectural city, or vice-prefectural municipality, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city, bu ...

in the east of

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province, China. Located at the Jianghan Plain in the middle of Hubei province and spanning 112°55' – 113°49' east longitude and 30°04' – 30°32' north latitude, Xiantao City covers an area of . Xiantao is the hometown of author Chi Li and entrepreneur

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History

Xiantao was known as Mianyang ( zh, s= , t= , p=Miǎnyáng) until 1986.

Geography

It is close to the provincial capital of

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

, and only one hour drive from the Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, Hankou Railway Station and Changjiang—Wuhan Port. The G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway running and the G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway cross near Xiantao city.

Administrative divisions

Xiantao administers: Former town: Xiachabu/Xiazhabu (Hsia-cha-fou) ()

Climate

Demographics

As of 2006, the population of Xiantao was 1,480,100. Of this, the urban population was 593,500 and the rural population was 886,600. As of 2016, the population of Xiantao was 1.5635 million.

Sports

Xiantao has been described as a "Gymnastics town", because it has cultivated several gymnastics champions, such as Li Xiaoshuang, Li Dashuang, and Yang Wei.

Transportation

* China National Highway 318 * Xiantao West railway station on the Wuhan–Yichang railway ( Hankou-

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) * Xiantao railway station on the Wuhan–Xiantao intercity railway * Jianghan Plain railway (freight only)

Famous People

References

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