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Can I go to Jingzhou now?

You can go. Now Jingzhou is a low-risk area with a green code and your body temperature is normal.

Jingzhou City, formerly known as Jiangling and Yingdu, is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province and has been approved by the State Council. It is a central city in Central and South China and one of the transportation hubs in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The city has jurisdiction over 2 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, and 2 counties, with a total area of ??14,100 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, Jingzhou City’s permanent population is 5,231,180 people. In 2020, Jingzhou City's regional GDP was 236.904 billion yuan.

Jingzhou is located in central China, south-central Hubei, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the hinterland of the Jianghan Plain. It was the seat of the capital of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is one of the first 24 national historical and cultural cities announced by the State Council. It is an excellent tourist city, a national garden city, an important comprehensive transportation hub and a Yangtze River port city.

Jingzhou is a national historical and cultural city and a riverside city where ancient culture and modern civilization complement each other. "When Yu conquered the nine states, Jingzhou emerged." Jingzhou has a history of more than 3,000 years. Since the Chu State established its capital in Ji Nancheng in 689 BC, 6 dynasties and 34 emperors have established their capitals here. From Sun Shuao, "the best official in the world", to Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, there were 138 prime ministers who came out of Jingzhou. From the patriotic poet Qu Yuan to Li Bai and Du Fu, a large number of literati have recited poems and composed poems in Jingzhou in history.

In July 1949, the Jingzhou Prefecture governed 8 counties including Jingmen, Jingshan, Zhongxiang, Tianmen, Qianjiang, Gongan, Songzi (based in Xinjiangkou Town), and Jiangling, and the special agency was stationed in Jingzhou Town, Jiangling County; in the same month , analyze the Shashi Town in Jiangling County and build Shashi City, which is a municipality under the jurisdiction of the province. In the same year, the Mianyang District was established, with a special office stationed in Mianyang County (stationed in Xinti Town, Mianyang County in 1951), with jurisdiction over Mianyang (stationed in Xiantao Town), Hanchuan, Hanyang (stationed in Caidian Town), Jiayu, Puqi, Jianli, Shi The first 7 counties and Xintee offices.

In 1950, the Xindi Office was abolished and renamed Xindi Town, under the leadership of Mianyang County.

In 1951, the Mianyang Prefecture was abolished, and Mianyang (in Xiantao Town), Jianli, and Shishou counties were placed under the Jingzhou Prefecture; Hanchuan and Hanyang counties were placed under the Xiaogan Prefecture; Jiayu and Pu Qi 2 counties are placed under Daye Prefecture.

Jingzhou City is located at 111°15°-114°05° east longitude and 29°26°-31°37° north latitude. Located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, in the hinterland of Jianghan Plain, the Yangtze River runs through the city from west to east, with a total length of 483 kilometers. Jingzhou connects Wuhan to the east, Yichang to the west, Changde, Hunan to the south, and Jingmen and Xiangyang to the north.

Total area 14,100 square kilometers