Yiling District () is a district of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

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 ...

province,

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. Created on July 30, 2001, the district includes most of the former Yichang County, with the exception of Yichang center city (which 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 ...

) and certain southern and western suburbs. Hubei-S334-Liantuo-Bridge-4887

The land area of Yiling District is 3424 square km, population 510,000 (as of 2004). (Official site) Yiling-District-roadside-quarry-4850

The district's seat of government is on the northern outskirts of

urban area. Both

Gezhouba Dam The Gezhouba Dam or Gezhouba Water Control Project () on the Yangtze River is located in the western suburbs of Yichang, in central China's Hubei province. One of the largest run-of-the-river dams, it sits several kilometers upstream from downto ...

and the

Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The Three Gorges Dam has been the world' ...

are located within the district. The

Xiling Bridge The Xiling Yangtze River Bridge (), is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River, just a few kilometers downstream from the Three Gorges Dam. The bridge is located within Yiling District of the prefecture-level city of Yichang (Hubei Province of ...

spans the

Changjiang 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 ...

(Yangtze River) in the western part of Yiling District, connecting the towns of Letianxi and

Sandouping Sandouping (}) is a town in Yiling District of Yichang prefecture-level city in the Chinese province of Hubei. It is located on the right (southern) bank of the Yangtze River, next to Yiling District's border with Zigui County to the west. Sand ...

on the northern and southern sides of the river. To add to the confusion,

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 ...

is ''not'' within Yiling District - rather, it connects the center-city

with

Dianjun District Dianjun District () is a district of the city of Yichang, Hubei, People's Republic of China. In 2004 it had 105,175 residents. The district is located on the right (southwestern) bank of the Yangtze, opposite the Yichang City center (which, admini ...

south of the river.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 9

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, 2

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, and 2

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: Subdistricts: * Xiaoxita Subdistrict (), Yiling Economic Development Zone Subdistrict () Towns: * Zhangcunping (), Wuduhe (),

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Taipingxi Taipingxi Town (, "Taiping Stream Town") is a town in Yiling District of Yichang Prefecture-level city of China's Hubei Province. It is located on the left (northern) side of the Yangtze River, near the northern end of the Three Gorges Dam. As an ...

(),

(), (),

Longquan Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the sout ...

(), Yaqueling (),

Huanghua Huanghua () is a county-level city located in the Bohai Gulf coastal region of Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou. Huanghua is named after Chinese Communist revolutionary Huang Hua. Pre ...

() (formerly Huanghua Township ()) Townships: * (), Dengcun Township ()

References

* - Official site of the district government {{authority control County-level divisions of Hubei Geography of Yichang