Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
The Autonomous Prefecture of Enshi Tujia and Miao (Chinese恩施 土家族 苗族 自治州, Pinyin Enshi Tŭjiāzú Miaozu zìzhìzhōu ) is located in southwest China's Hubei province. Enshi extends from 108 ° 23'12 '' to 110 ° 38'08 '' east longitude and 29 ° 07'10 '' to 31 ° 24'13 '' north latitude. Its administrative area bounded on the west and north by the municipalities Qianjiang and Wanzhou in Chongqing City, in the south of the Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province and the north- east and east of Yichang in Hubei Shennongjia and. Enshi has an area of 24,111 km ² and approximately 3.83 million inhabitants ( end of 2004). Full Enshi is a mountain area stretching from the southwest to the northeast of the Wu Mountains (in Chinese巫山, Pinyin Wu Shān ), the Qiyue Mountains (Chinese齐 岳 山脉, Pinyin Qiyue Shānmài ), the Wuling Mountains (Chinese武陵山脉, Pinyin Wuling Shānmài ) and the Dalou Mountains (Chinese大 娄 山脉, Pinyin DALOU Shānmài ) is crossed. Below 1000m are only occasionally encountered.
Administrative Divisions
At county level, the Autonomous District is composed of two independent cities and six counties. These are:
- City Enshi (恩施 市), 3972 km ², approximately 770,000 inhabitants, capital of the Autonomous District;
- City Lichuan (利川 市), 4603 km ², approximately 840,000 inhabitants;
- Circle Jianshi (建 始 县), 2666 km ², approximately 510,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Yezhou (业 州镇);
- Badong county (巴东 县), 3354 km ², 480,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Xinling (信 陵镇);
- Circle Xuan'en (宣恩县), 2730 km ², 340,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Zhushan (珠 山镇);
- Circle Xianfeng (咸丰县), 2550 km ², 360,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Gaoleshan (高 乐山 镇);
- Circle Laifeng (来凤县), 1344 km ², 310,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Xiangfeng (翔凤 镇);
- Circle Hefeng (鹤峰 县), 2892 km ², 220,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Rongmei (容 美 镇).
Ethnic structure of the population ( 2000)
At the census in 2000 had Enshi 3.77519 million inhabitants.