Enshi City

Enshi (Chinese: 恩施; pinyin: Ēnshī) is a county-level city in and the seat of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in western Hubei province, China. The prefecture's legislature, executive and judiciary are seated here, as well as its CPC and Public security bureau.

Enshi
恩施市 · Enrshiv · Entshil
Enshih
Aerial view of the city at night
Enshi
Location in Hubei
Coordinates (Enshi City government): 30°17′42″N 109°28′47″E
CountryChina
ProvinceHubei
Autonomous prefectureEnshi
Municipal seatXiaoduchuan Subdistrict
Area
  County-level city3,971.58 km2 (1,533.44 sq mi)
  Urban
52.00 km2 (20.08 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
  County-level city836,781
  Estimate 
(2017)
857,000
  Density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
  Urban
260,700
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
445000
Area code0718
Websitewww.es.gov.cn
Enshi
Chinese恩施
PostalEnshih
Former name
Chinese
PostalShihnan

The entire county-level city of Enshi has an area of 3,967 square kilometres (1,532 sq mi) and a population of 780,000.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.