Echeng District
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Echeng District is a district in Ezhou, Hubei, with administrative division code 420704.

## Administrative status

Echeng District is part of [Ezhou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ezhou.html) (prefecture-level city)[^mca2023].

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 420704[^mca2023]
- Area: 607.74 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 695,697 (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 1 January 1979: named “鄂城市”, until 18 August 1983[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1959: named “鄂城市”, until 30 November 1961[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1914: named “鄂城县”, until 31 December 1958[^wikidata].
- From 1 December 1961: named “鄂城县”, until 31 December 1978[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1913: named “寿昌县”, until 31 December 1913[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Ezhou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ezhou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Ezhou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ezhou.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 420704 鄂城区
- Wikidata Q122504 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122504
- Echeng District (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echeng,_Ezhou
- 鄂城区（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%82%E5%9F%8E%E5%8C%BA