Yidu () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in western

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Province, China. It is under the administration of the

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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 ...

. It has a population of 395,000 residents, and covers an area of , divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns, and 1 township. Its GDP in 2015 was 50 billion yuan. Yidu was established as a county in 196 BC during the

Western Han The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and a warring int ...

dynasty, then called Yidao (). In 210 AD,

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established Yidu Commandery.

Administrative divisions

The only subdistrict is Lucheng Subdistrict () Towns: * Honghuatao (), Gaobazhou (), Niejiahe (), Songmuping (), Zhicheng (), Yaojiadian (), Wuyanquan (), Wangjiafan () Townships: * Panjiawan Tujia Ethnic Township ()

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Hubei Geography of Yichang Populated places on the Yangtze River Cities in Hubei National Civilized City {{Hubei-geo-stub