Zhongxiang City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is managed by Jingmen City. It is located in the middle of Hubei Province, at the northern end of Hanjiang Plain, bordering Suizhou in the northeast, Jingshan in the east, Tianmen in the south, Dongbao District, Duodao District and Shayang County in the west, and Yicheng in the northwest, with a total area of 4,488 square kilometers. By 0: 00 on June165438+1October 65438 in 2020, the permanent population of Zhongxiang City will be 868,900.

Zhongxiang terrain is mountainous in the east and west, with high sides and flat middle, and gently descends from north to south. The highest elevation in China is 105 1m (Hakka Zhagong Rock), the lowest elevation is 32m (Shujiatai), and the maximum elevation difference is10/9m.

Zhongxiang is a national historical and cultural city, the hometown of longevity in the world, an advanced county in science and technology, an excellent tourist city in China, a national sustainable development experimental zone, a national ecological demonstration zone, a national garden city, and a national rural four-good highway demonstration county.

Historical evolution:

In the tenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (153 1), Anlufu was promoted to Chengtianfu, and the county was restored in the same year. Take the meaning of "auspicious gathering" and name it Zhong Xiang. In the Western Han Dynasty, Yingxian County was established. Ming, reset Zhongxiang County. 1992, Zhongxiang county was abolished and Zhongxiang city (county level) was established, which was subordinate to Jingzhou District, Hubei Province. 1994, changed to Jingsha city management. 1996, changed to Jingmen escrow.