Dianjun District () is a district of the city of
Yichang
Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populati ...
,
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
, People's Republic of China. In 2004 it had 105,175 residents.
The district is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the
Yangtze
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...
, opposite the Yichang City center (which, administratively, forms
Xiling District
Xiling () is a district of Yichang, Hubei, People's Republic of China. It includes the central part of Yichang's urban area, on the left (northwestern) bank of the Yangtze River.
History
In September 1949, the main part of the territory of modern ...
).
Administrative divisions
Dianjun District is made up of one subdistrict, two towns and two townships.
The only subdistrict is
Dianjun Subdistrict ()
Two towns:
*
Aijia (),
Qiaobian ()
Two townships:
*
Lianpeng Township (),
Tucheng Township ()
Transportation
Dianjun District is connected to Yichang's Xiling District by the
Yiling Bridge
The Yiling Yangtze River Bridge () is a cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River in the city-center of Yichang, Hubei. It has 3 towers and two main spans, with a total of 4 spans including the side spans. It is a road bridge which carries four ...
(which carries Provincial Highway 323) and a railway bridge (which carries the
Yichang-Wanzhou Railway).
Dianjun is served by the freight-only
Yichang South Railway Station on the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway.
References
County-level divisions of Hubei
Geography of Yichang
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