Yichang
prefecture-level city in Hubei, China
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Summary
Yichang is a prefecture-level city[1]. Yichang draws 1,261 Wikipedia views per month (prefecture level city category, ranking #73 of 278).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hubei[3]
- Country: People's Republic of China[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Yangtze[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Xiling District[7], Wujiagang District[8], Dianjun District[9], Xiaoting District[10], Yiling District[11], Yuan'an County[12], Xingshan County[13], Zigui County[14], Changyang Tujia Autonomous County[15], Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County[16], Yidu[17], Dangyang[18], Zhijiang[19]
- Twinned administrative body: Metz[20], Zaporizhzhia[21], Ludwigsburg[22], Valenciennes[23], Kashiwazaki[24], Foz do Iguaçu[25], Washington County[26], Yokkaichi[27], Třebíč[28]
- Legislative body: Q106007211[29]
- Postal code: 443000[30]
- Commons category: Yichang[31]
- Licence plate code: 鄂E[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+08:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 717[34]
- Highest point: Xingshan County[35]
- Official website: http://www.yichang.gov.cn/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yichang[37]
- Population: 4,137,900[38], 4,017,607[39], 3,762,407[40]
- Described by source: Svensk uppslagsbok[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[45]
- Official name: 宜昌市[46]
- Category for people born here: Q27213311[47]
- Lowest point: Zhijiang[48]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Yichang[49]
- Elevation above sea level: 58 m[50]
- Area: 21230.14 km²[51]
- Language used: Yichang dialect[52]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Yichang[53]
Why It Matters
Yichang has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Yichang is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]