Xiantao
URL: https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei-xiantao.html

Xiantao is a county-level unit (county-level city) directly administered by Hubei, with administrative division code 429004.

## Administrative status

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

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 429004[^mca2023]
- Area: 2,519.06 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 1.27 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 9 January 1376: named “沔阳州”, until 31 December 1911[^wikidata].
- From 1 January 1912: named “沔阳县”, until 30 September 1986[^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。)

Mentioned in:
- Hubei https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hubei.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 429004 仙桃市
- Wikidata Q71455 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71455
- Xiantao (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiantao
- 仙桃市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%99%E6%A1%83%E5%B8%82