Tianmen, a county-level city directly under the Central Government of Hubei Province, is a member of Wuhan City Circle and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and a major node city in the Hanjiang River Basin. It is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, in the north of Jianghan Plain, bordering Hanchuan and Yingcheng in the east, Jingshan and Zhongxiang in the north, and facing Xiantao, Qianjiang and Jingmen across the Han River in the south and west. The northern edge of the city is connected with the low mountains of the remaining veins of Dahongshan, and the west and south are surrounded by Hanshui River.
The whole terrain inclines from northwest to southeast, forming three ridges: low hills, hilly plains and rivers and lakes plains. According to the statistics of March 20 19, Tianmen has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 2 1 town, 1 township, 93 communities and 528 administrative villages. As of June 0, 2020 1 65438+1October 01Tianmen's resident population is 1 158640.
Tianmen agricultural economy has developed rapidly. Through large-scale planting and typical demonstration, the area of "Tiandong Double Water and Green", "Tianxi Vegetables and Medicinal Materials" and "Tianbei Four Seasons Melon and Fruit" has reached 800,000 mu. Tianmen is rich in natural resources, with plants 180 species. Among them, there are three kinds of national first-class protected plants, such as Ginkgo biloba, Metasequoia glyptostroboides and Cycas, and two kinds of national second-class protected plants, such as Cinnamomum camphora and Camptotheca acuminata. Fraxinus ash was listed in the second batch of rare and endangered protected plants in China.
Brief introduction of Tianmen city
Tianmen basement structure is a part of inland basin formed since Yanshan movement. The whole city spans eight structural units in the basin, namely Qianjiang Depression, Longsaihu Uplift, Xiaoban Depression, Shenhu Low Uplift, Tianmen Uplift Belt, Hanshui Graben, Yongqianghe Uplift and Lexiangguan horst.
Tianmen, located in the hinterland of Jianghan Plain, is the first "hometown of steamed vegetables in China" in China? Also known as "Land of Fish and Rice". Tianmen is rich in products and delicious food, including Huangtan rice noodles, Jiangchangxianggan, Yuekou taro circle, Zhanggang Huoshao rice cake, colorful Yijiang clams, barrel furnace pot helmet, Tianmenhua cake, Huangchang cake, orange-petal fish balls, steamed Monopterus albus, Tianmen Jiuzheng, Yuan Chunyu, Zhongxing loach, crab shark's fin, American hot pot, turtle soup and stewed shark's fin.
The above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tianmen City