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In which province and city is Zhangjiajie located? Where in Hunan?

Zhangjiajie belongs to Hunan Province. It is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province.

1. Zhangjiajie:

Zhangjiajie is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province. It is located in the northwest of Hunan, upstream of Lishui River, and in the hinterland of Wuling Mountains. Zhangjiajie was established as a city for tourism and is one of the most important tourist cities in China. It is the birthplace and central area of ??the Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou revolutionary base areas. It has an area of ??9,653 square kilometers (2012) and a population of 1.7 million (2013).

Famous attractions:

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Tianmen Mountain Tianmen Cave Glass Plank Road, Huanglong Cave, Baofeng Lake, etc.

Administrative divisions:

As of December 2005, Zhangjiajie City has 2 municipal districts (Yongding District, Wulingyuan District) and 2 counties (Cili County, Sangzhi County) , there are 7 streets, 32 towns, 47 townships, and 15 ethnic townships.

2. Hunan Province:

Hunan Province, a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, and the provincial capital Changsha. It covers an area of ??211,800 square kilometers and has a population of 68.602 million (2017).

Administrative divisions:

As of the end of 2018, Hunan Province has jurisdiction over 14 prefecture-level administrative regions, including 13 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture, namely Changsha City and Zhuzhou City. City, Xiangtan City, Hengyang City, Shaoyang City, Yueyang City, Changde City, Zhangjiajie City, Yiyang City, Chenzhou City, Yongzhou City, Huaihua City, Loudi City, and Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

Extended information

Location and situation:

(1), Zhangjiajie

Zhangjiajie City is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau The junction of the uplift and the Dongting Lake subsidence area is between 109°40' and 111°20' east longitude, and 28°52' and 29°48' north latitude. It borders Shimen and Taoyuan County to the east, Yuanling County to the south, and Arrival to the north. Hefeng and Xuanen counties in Hubei Province.

(2) Hunan Province

Hunan Province is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, at 108°47′~114°15′ east longitude and 24°38′~30°08′ north latitude. It is connected with Jiangxi by the Mufu and Wugong mountain systems in the east, Guizhou by the eastern edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the west, Wuling Mountains in the northwest by Chongqing, Guangdong and Guangxi by the Nanling Mountains in the south, and Hubei by the Lakeside Plain in the north. The extreme location of the provincial boundary stretches from Huanglianping in Guidong County to the east, to Jiucaitang in Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County in the west, from Gupo Mountain in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County to the south, and to Huping Mountain in Shimen County in the north.

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