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Jianli () is a
county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...
of southern
Hubei Province 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 ...
, China, located on the northern (left) bank of the
Yangtze River The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the list of rivers by length, third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in th ...
and bordering
Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...
to the south. It is under the administration of Jingzhou City. The character ''jian'' (/) is usually read as ''jiān'', but is read as the less-commonly encountered pronunciation ''jiàn'' when used in the name Jianli. Jianli has one Yangtze River crossing, the
Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge The Jingyue Yangtze River Bridge () is a cable-stayed bridge over the Yangtze River between Jianli County, Hubei Province and Yueyang, Hunan Province in central China. The Bridge opened in June 2010. The bridge crosses the Yangtze River and is one ...
, located in Bailuo (). Jianli center city name is Rongcheng (), the native people prefer to call Chengguan. Jianli is rich in fresh water products, most of which are crayfish.


History

*On June 12 2020, Jianli was approved to become a county-level city, under the direct administration of Hubei province and the delegating administration of Jingzhou City. *During the night of 1 June 2015, the ''Dongfang zhi Xing'' capsized on the Yangtze River in Jianli County during severe weather. *In the
Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Han dynasty#Eastern Han, Eastern Han dynasty and wa ...
period,
Sun Quan Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime es ...
, Emperor of
Eastern Wu Wu ( Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < : ''*ŋuɑ''), known in h ...
, asked supervision of() profit () from fish and salt () and then came the current name: Jianli.


Administrative divisions

Eighteen towns: * Rongcheng (),
Zhuhe Shangzhi () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is away from central Harbin and has an area of approximately . The city proper has a population of around ...
(), Xingou (), Gongchang (), Zhoulaozui (), Huangxiekou (), Wangqiao (),
Chengji Qin'an County () is a county in the east of Gansu province of the People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tianshui. Its postal code is 741600, and in 1999 its population was 567,553 people. As of 2 ...
(), Fenyan (), Maoshi (), Futiansi (), Shangchewan (), Bianhe (),
Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
(), Bailuo (), Wangshi (), Sanzhou (), Qiaoshi () Three townships: * Hongcheng Township (), Qipan Township (), Zhemu Township () Two other areas: *
Dayuan Dayuan (or Tayuan; ; Middle Chinese ''dâiC-jwɐn'' < LHC: ''dɑh-ʔyɑn'') is the Chinese
(), Huanghu ()


Climate


See also

* 48619 Jianli, a minor planet named after Jianli


References

County-level divisions of Hubei Jingzhou Cities in Hubei {{Hubei-geo-stub