Maoping () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in and the county seat of Zigui County,

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 ...

in the western part of

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 China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

.Microsoft Encarta 2005 World atlas It is the county seat of Zigui County, and as such is labeled simply as "Zigui" () or "Zigui County" () on most less-detailed maps.

Geography

The town is located on the right (southern) bank of the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ) is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and flows including Dam Qu River the longest source of the Yangtze, i ...

, just upstream of the

Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam (), officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project () is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downs ...

, and offers a good view of the upstream side of the dam, as well as of an accessory dam which blocks off a valley on the southern side of the river from being flooded by the reservoir.

Administrative Divisions

Four residential communities: * Binhu (), Xichu (), Jusong (), Danyang () Eighteen villages: * Jingangcheng (), Yinxingtuo (), Changling (), Chenjiachong (), Jiuli (), Yangguidian (), Chenjiaba (), Jiandong (), Xikouping (), Sixi (), Qiaojiaping (), Huaguoyuan (), Yueliangbao (), Luojia (), Songshu'ao (), Zhongbazi (), Lanlingxi (), Miaohe ()

Transportation

The town's passenger dock (''Zigui Gang'', i.e. the Port of Zigui) is served by most boats traveling the Yangtze between Yichang and Chongqing. The bus station is a hub of local travel within the county and adjacent areas, and has frequent service to

as well.

References

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