Maoping () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in and the county seat of

Zigui County Zigui County () is a county of western Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang and encompasses the easternmost portion of the Yangtze River Gorges, including the Xiling ...

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 ...

in the western part of

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, China.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 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 ...

, just upstream of 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' ...

, 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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