Jingmen (simplified Chinese: 荆门; traditional Chinese: 荊門; pinyin: Jīngmén) is a prefecture-level city in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the city is approximately 2,984,000 (prefecture-level population). The urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 350,000. Jingmen is so named as in ancient times it was the "gate of Jing province (荊州)", where "men" (门) means gate. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1500x923, 456 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jingmen ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Hubei (Chinese: 湖北; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hu-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Geography

Jingmen is located about four hours away from Wuhan by bus, and about three hours by train. A new train service was introduced from Jingmen to Wuhan in 2004. Jingmen is very close to many great tourist attractions such as Changban Slope of Three Kingdoms fame, the Wudang Mountains, and the Ming Palace in Zhongxiang (a World Heritage site only an hour away). As it is located in central China, Jingmen is within easy reach of almost anywhere in the country, taking about 17 hours to either Beijing or Guangzhou by train, or two hours by train to Yichang, home of the Gezhouba Dam project and Three Gorges Dam. From here travellers can fly to many destinations. Location within China Modern and ancient   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central China. ... Combatants Cao Cao Liu Bei Commanders Cao Cao Liu Bei Strength 5,000 elite cavalry 100,000 mostly unarmed people Casualties Unknown, minimal Unknown The Battle of Changban (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) took place at Changban (near the modern-day city of Dangyang in Hubei Province), China in the year 208. ... The Three Kingdoms period (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties. ... wudang or wudangquan, see Wudangquan. ... Zhongxiang (Traditional Chinese: 鐘祥, Simplified Chinese: 钟祥) is a county-level city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Hubei province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ;  ), a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Yichang (Chinese: 宜昌; pinyin: Yíchāng) is a city in the Hubei province of China. ... Cable stayed bridge over the Chang Jiang at the downstream approach to the Gezhouba Dam locks. ... Three Gorges Dam, upstream side The Three Gorges Dam (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a Chinese hydroelectric river dam which spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei province, China. ...

The main city of Jingmen has four parallel roads:

• Changning Dadao - lots of small shops and the big telephone company offices. There are many mobile phone shops here, leading towards the train station.
• Jinxia Lu - lots of small shops and schools. Direct route to the city centre.
• Xiangshan Dadao - Hubei Poly College (formerly Jingmen University) and most government buildings are here. This is a good resource for foreigners as the foreign affairs office is here. Zhang Liang Fu is the foreign affairs director.
• Baiyun Dadao - the inner city part of National Highway 207; a route to the Xiangfan-Jingzhou Highway.

Crisscrossing these three streets are the roads Xiangshan 1st to 3rd, so by using these main arteries it is possible to go almost anywhere in Jingmen. The main commercial area is Zhongtian Street (formerly Jiefang (Liberty) Road) which also crisscrosses the three main roads. Xiangshan 3 road leads behind the Jingmen Foreign Language school and doesn't actually provide a direct link from Xiangshan Dadao to Changning Dadao.

Jingmen from the summit of Xiangshan hill.

Jingmen is surrounded by hills and temples within easy reach. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2221x529, 404 KB)Taken by Xingsuo Li, 2000. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2221x529, 404 KB)Taken by Xingsuo Li, 2000. ...

Climate

Jingmen has a temperate climate, with January the coldest month and July the hottest month. The temperature goes up to 40 °C at noon in summer, with uncomfortable humidity in July. The temperature also goes below 0 °C in winter, with snow every year.

Rainfall is high in April to September, with less in autumn (the fall) and winter.

Education

Jingchu University of Technology, founded in early 2007, is the only university in the city of Jingmen. Notable high schools include Longquan High School, No.1 High School of Jingmen City and Dongbao High School. Notable middle schools include the private Foreign Language School of Jingmen City, Haihui Middle School and Xiangshan Middle School. Notable primary schools include Jingmen Experimental Primary School, Red Flag Primary School of Jingmen City and Daqiao (Rail Bridge) Primary School.

Transportation

Two highways go through Jingmen, the Jingmen-Yichang Highway and the Xiangfan-Jingzhou Highway. The Wuhan-Jingmen Highway is currently under construction. After its completion, the traveling time between Wuhan and Jingmen will be reduced to less than 2 hours. The National Highway 207 also passes through Jingmen City.

Jingmen interlinks the national Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railway and the local Changjiangbu-Jingmen Railway. Travelling to Jingmen by railway is convenient, though not fast.

Economy

The economy in Jingmen consists mainly of agriculture and manufacturing. The service industry is not as developed as manufacturing.

The most important industry in Jingmen is petroleum refining. The Jingmen Branch of Sinopec is a main producer of oil products in central China, refining crude oil extracted from Nanyang Oilfield in Henan Province and the Jianghan Oilfield in Hubei Province. View of Shell Oil Refinery in Martinez, California. ... Sinopec, the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Chinese: 中国石化, HKEX: 386; NYSE: SNP; LSE: SNP), is one of the major petroleum companies in China. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ) or crude oil is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... Nanyang might be: Nanyang, Henan, (南阳) a city in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Henan (Chinese: 河南; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-nan), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. ... Hubei (Chinese: 湖北; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hu-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

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