Overview of Xiangfan City, Hubei Province

Xiangfan City is located in northwest Hubei, in the upper reaches of the Han River. The city governs six counties: Xiangyang, Zaoyang, Yicheng, Nanzhang, Gucheng and Baokang, as well as the county-level city of Laohekou. Geographical location: 110°45'-113°43' east longitude, 31°14'-32°37' north latitude, northwest of Hubei Province, in the upper reaches of the Han River. It borders Suizhou City in the east, Zhongxiang City, Jingmen City, Yuan'an County, Yichang County, and Xingshan County in the south, Shenlongjia Forest District, Fang County, and Danjiangkou City in the west, and Dengzhou City, Xinye County, and Tanghe County in Henan Province in the north. , Tongbai County, the border is 1332.8 kilometers long. Xiangfan City governs the four counties of Xiangyang, Nanzhang, Gucheng and Baokang, the two cities of Zaoyang and Yicheng, the two districts of Xiangcheng and Fancheng and the High-tech Industrial Development Zone, the Automobile Industry Economic and Technological Development Zone and the Yuliangzhou Tourism Development Zone , taking charge of Laohekou City. It has jurisdiction over 106 towns, 29 townships, 24 sub-district offices, and 5 township (town) level agricultural (forestry) farms. The total area is 19,724.41 square kilometers, accounting for 10.6% of the territory of Hubei Province; the urban area of ??Xiangfan City is 336 square kilometers. At the end of 2000, the city's total population was 5.7257 million. Xiangfan City is one of the oldest regions in China. According to archaeological discoveries, humans have been living here as long as 600,000 years ago. Xiangfan is the collective name of Xiangyang and Fancheng. Fancheng is named after King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty granted Zhongshanfu (Fan Muzhong) here, and Xiangyang is named after it is located in the Yangtze River of Xiangshui (now Nanqu). Fancheng began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Xiangyang was built in the early Han Dynasty. Since Liu Biao, the pastor of Jingzhou, moved to Xiangyang in the first year of Chuping (AD 190) of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xiangyang has always been the seat of government, road, state, road and county. Xiangfan City was founded in May 1950. It was promoted to a provincial city in June 1979. It merged with Xiangyang Prefecture in September 1983 and implemented a city-county system. It was named a national "star" city in August 1982. It was approved by the State Council as a Category A city open to the outside world in 1985. It was approved by the State Council as a national historical and cultural city on December 8, 1986. In July 1996, it was announced as a national famous city by the Ministry of Construction. Large cities. Xiangfan City's tourism products are becoming increasingly rich and diverse. After continuous development and construction, it has now formed a diversified tourism product structure system including sightseeing tours, leisure vacations, health care, religious worship, cultural tourism, etc., as well as "one city, two points and three counties". The tourism development pattern of “four districts and five lines”. Among them, "one city" refers to the city's tourist routes with Longzhong in Xiangfan City as the leader, including Xiangyang Ancient City Pool, Antique Street, Madame City, and Mi Gong Temple; "two points" refers to Xiangyang Lumen Temple, Zao Yangbaishui Temple is a sightseeing tour route for scenic spots; the "three lines" refer to the three mountainous areas of Nan (Zhang), Bao (kang) and Gu (cheng) as key counties for tourism development; the "four districts" refer to the gradual establishment of Zaoyang Xiong There are four tourist areas: He Reservoir Resort, Nanzhang Shuijing Lake Resort, Gucheng Xieshan Resort and Baokang Hot Spring Resort; the "five lines" are the urban area-Longzhong tourist line and the urban area-Lumen Temple - Baishui Temple tourist route, urban area - Chengen Temple - Xieshan - Nanhe tourist route, urban area - Lumen Temple - Shuijingzhuang - Colorful Waterfall tourist route, urban area - Baokang --Hot Springs--Wudaoxia Tourist Route. These routes have been launched to tourists inside and outside Xiangfan City through travel agencies, and are gradually developing in the direction of mutual integration and diversification.