Zhicheng () is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Yidu County-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
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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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,
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,
China
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. It is situated on the right (southern) shore of the
Yangtze River
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, some 15 km southeast from downtown Yidu.
As of 2005, it had a population of 159,000.
Zhicheng has one
Yangtze River crossing, the
Zhicheng Yangtze River Bridge, which connects Zhicheng with Gujiadian Town (
顾家店镇), of
Zhijiang city, on the north side of the river. The bridge carries the
Jiaozuo–Liuzhou Railway and a provincial highway.
Administrative divisions
Four residential communities:
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Jiefanglu (),
Datong (),
Yangxi (),
Xihu ()
Twenty-eight villages:
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Jiaguoshan (),
Lijiaping (),
Shuijingping (),
Zhifangchong (),
Liulichong (),
Zhongjiachong (),
Yangxi (),
Heyangdian (),
Huilongdang (),
Guandang (),
Guanping (),
Wufengshan (),
Baishuigang (),
Sanbanhu (),
Jiudaohe (),
Dayan (),
Yujiaqiao (),
Quanshuihe (),
Chixihe (),
Quanxinfan (),
Yangjinfan (),
Yanjiang (),
Huancheng (),
Yangheling (),
Xiejiachong (),
Louzihe (),
Liangjiafan (),
Longwangtai ()
See also
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List of township-level divisions of Hubei
References
Geography of Yichang
Township-level divisions of Hubei
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