Yiling District, which belongs to Yichang City, Hubei Province, is located in the transition zone from the mountainous area in western Hubei to Jianghan Plain, on both sides of the Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, with latitude11051'~1139' and latitude 30 32'.

The maximum horizontal distance from east to west in Yiling District is 7 1km, and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 78 km, with a total area of 3,424 square kilometers. It is connected to Yuan 'an County and dangyang city in the east, zhijiang city, Xiling District, Yidu City and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in the south, Zigui County and Xingshan County in the west and Baokang County in the north.

"The water is here, the mountain is here and the tomb is here", hence the name "Yiling". On March 22nd, 20001year, the State Council approved the revocation of Yichang County and the establishment of Yiling District of Yichang City. On July 28th, Yiling District was formally established.

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Administrative divisions and geomorphological features of Yiling district;

As of June 365438+1 October 3 1 20 19, Yiling District has jurisdiction over1street 9 towns and 2 townships: Xiaoxita Street, Zhang Cun Ping Town, Wuduhe Town, Fenxiang Town, Taipingxi Town, Sandouping Town, Letian Town and Longquan Town. It also manages two township-level units: the Three Gorges Dam area and the Dongcheng experimental area for coordinating urban and rural development. ?

Yiling District is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, surrounded by mountains on three sides in the west, north and east, and adjacent to the plain in the southeast, showing a decreasing cascade from northwest to southeast. The highest elevation in Pingzhen, Zhang Cun is1962m, and the lowest elevation in Weijiafan Village is 49.4m. The elevation difference is1912.6m.. Form a variety of landforms such as mountains, hills and valleys.

Yichang Yiling district people's government-landform

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