Where does Xiangyang belong?

Xiangyang, formerly known as Xiangfan, is a prefecture-level city, a new industrial base and a central city in northwest Hubei approved by the State Council. Xiangyang * * * governs 3 municipal districts, 3 counties and 3 county-level cities, with a total area of 1.97 million square kilometers. By the end of 20021,the permanent population of Xiangyang was 527 1 10,000. Xiangyang is located in the middle of China, the northwest of Hubei, and the middle reaches of Hanjiang River. It is a sub-central city in the province, a central city in the Hanjiang River basin and an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. In 20021year, Xiangyang achieved a regional GDP of 530.943 billion yuan.

Xiangyang has jurisdiction over Xiangcheng, Fancheng, Xiangzhou, Nanzhang, Baokang, Gucheng, Zaoyang, Yicheng and laohekou city, with national Xiangyang High-tech Industrial Development Zone, provincial Xiangyang Economic and Technological Development Zone (Xiangyang Jin Dong New District) and Zhou Yuliang Economic Development Zone. The city's jurisdiction area is 19774.4 1 square kilometer, and the area of commonly used cultivated land is 452.2 thousand hectares, an increase of 2.6 thousand hectares over the previous year. At the end of 20 13, the registered population of the city was 5,950,969, of which the urban population was1364,545 (excluding Xiangzhou District and Jin Dong New District), accounting for 22.93% of the total population of the city. The non-agricultural population of the city is 3 1 18780, with 3,054,500 males. The permanent population of the city is 559 1 000 (referring to the population who has lived in the city for more than half a year), and the urbanization rate reaches 54.82%. The birth rate is11.75 ‰; The mortality rate is 3.96‰, and the natural population growth rate is 7.79‰.