Which province is Changyang?

Changyang is a city in Hubei Province.

Changyang Tujia Autonomous County belongs to Yichang City, Hubei Province. Located in the southwest of Hubei Province, the middle and lower reaches of Qingjiang River, with a total area of 3,430 square kilometers. There are 23 ethnic groups including Tujia, Han, Miao, Manchu, Mongolian, Dong and Zhuang, among which Tujia accounts for about 5 1%. By 2020, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County will have jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 townships. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the resident population of Changyang Tujia Autonomous County was 336,922.

Washan County was established in the early Han Dynasty. 1984, Changyang County was abolished and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County was established. The terrain is high in the west and low in the east, and the terrain is complex. Summer belongs to the subtropical continental humid climate zone, with mild climate, rainy and humid, no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer.

Changyang geographical environment

Changyang Tujia Autonomous County is located in the transition zone from the eastern Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to Jianghan Plain. It is exposed in Sinian, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Triassic, Permian, Cretaceous Tertiary and Quaternary strata. The geological structure belongs to the west extension of the east-west structural belt in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Changyang anticline extends nearly east-west, with Sinian strata at its core and Cambrian-Permian strata on its wings. The upper part is marine carbonate rock structure, and the lower part is continental clastic rock construction, which shows the characteristics of platform sedimentary caprock.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Changyang Tujia Autonomous County