Jingzhou
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Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hubei, with administrative division code 421000.

## Administrative status

Jingzhou is part of [Hubei](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei.html) (province)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

8 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Shashi District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-shashi.html) (district, 421002)
- [Jingzhou District](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jingzhou-jingzhou.html) (district, 421003)
- [Gong'an County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-gong-an.html) (county, 421022)
- [Jiangling County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jiangling.html) (county, 421024)
- [Shishou](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-shishou.html) (county-level city, 421081)
- [Honghu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-honghu.html) (county-level city, 421083)
- [Songzi](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-songzi.html) (county-level city, 421087)
- [Jianli](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jianli.html) (county-level city, 421088)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 421000[^mca2023]
- Area: 14,099.21 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 5.23 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 29 September 1994: named “荆沙市”, until 19 November 1996[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

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

Relations:
- Located in: Hubei https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shashi District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-shashi.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jingzhou District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jingzhou-jingzhou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Gong'an County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-gong-an.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jiangling County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jiangling.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Shishou https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-shishou.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Honghu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-honghu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Songzi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-songzi.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jianli https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jianli.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Born here: Feng Xi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/feng-xi.html
- Related works: 荆州鱼糕 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/jingzhou-yugao.html

Mentioned in:
- Feng Xi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/people/feng-xi.html
- Hubei https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei.html
- Shashi District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-shashi.html
- Jingzhou District https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jingzhou-jingzhou.html
- Gong'an County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-gong-an.html
- Jiangling County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-jiangling.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 421000 荆州市
- Wikidata Q71247 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71247
- Jingzhou (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingzhou
- 荆州市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8D%86%E5%B7%9E%E5%B8%82