Belongs to: Mochou Village, Zhongxiang Mochou Lake, Mingming Tomb, Mingming Tomb, Zhongxiang City, Jingmen City, Hubei Province, Zhongxiang City, located in the middle of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Han River, with a land area of ??4,488 square kilometers, ranking third in Hubei Province, and a population of 1,021,900

, currently governs 17 towns, 3 state-owned farms and ranches, and 2 provincial economic and technological development zones.

Zhongxiang City is a famous historical and cultural city in China, an outstanding tourist city in China, a world cultural heritage site, a national comprehensive experimental zone for social development, a nationally advanced county in science and technology, education, and culture, a provincial civilized city, and a sanitary city. It is a shining star in the Jianghan Plain.

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Zhongxiang is an ancient and magical land.

It is one of the birthplaces of Chu culture, with a documented history of more than 2,700 years. It was called Jiaoying during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and served as the capital of Chu State. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the seat of Chengtian Prefecture, one of the three major prefectures in the country.

The long history has given birth to the splendid Chu culture and created a number of figures who have had a profound impact on history, such as the Chu poet Song Yu and the Chu song and dance artist Mo Chou Nu. Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty once made his fortune here; there are many cultural relics in the territory.

, built the country's largest single imperial mausoleum---Xianling Mausoleum and the magnificent Ming Dynasty architectural complex, known as the "Museum of the Earth". In 2000, Mingming Mausoleum was rated as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

The tourism resources are very rich, including the national-level Dahongshan Scenic Area, the national-level Dakou Forest Park and other natural landscapes. In particular, the 20,000-square-meter Custer landform of Huangxian Cave is rare in the world.

Zhongxiang is a fertile land.

It has a subtropical monsoon climate with a mild climate and abundant rainfall. It has mountains, plains, and hills, and is rich in mineral resources. The proven ones include phosphate rock, rectorite, pyrite, aluminum, silicon, and barite.

There are 27 species in 6 categories. In particular, the phosphate rock reserves rank second in the country and the mining volume ranks first in the country. It is known as the "Phosphorus Capital of the Central Plains"; the rich products and resources have given wings to Zhongxiang's economic development.

The city's comprehensive socio-economic strength has been ranked among the top ten counties and cities in Hubei Province for six consecutive years. Its agricultural comprehensive strength has ranked fifth in the country and first in Hubei. Its construction of a moderately prosperous society has always ranked among the best in the province; its industry has formed light industry, textiles, food

Six pillar industries such as feed, machinery and automobiles, building materials, and chemicals, 17 products such as bags, motors, dehydrated vegetables, and arrowroot starch have entered the international market, and a number of high-tech and high value-added projects such as beer enzyme and Beishan pumped storage power station have

The construction is being stepped up, which will surely add strong impetus to economic development.

The transportation is convenient, the energy is sufficient, and the infrastructure is fully functional, forming a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network of water, land and air; the cement road surface ranks first in the province's counties and cities, Changjing Railway and Xiangjing Expressway pass through, and the Han River Shipping

Navigation is open all year round; postal and telecommunications communications have been digitized, program-controlled direct dialing has been opened in every township, and mobile communication networks and wireless automatic paging networks cover the entire city.

Location and geography: Zhongxiang City is under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province and is administered by Jingmen City.

Located in the middle of Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Han River, at the northern end of the Jianghan Plain, between 30°42'-31°36' north latitude and 112°07'-113°00' east longitude; the maximum longitudinal distance from north to south is 100.60 kilometers, and the maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 83.50 kilometers.

, with a total land area of ??4,488 square kilometers, ranking third in the province.

Yingzhong, where the Municipal People's Government is located, is 218 kilometers away from Wuhan, the provincial capital. It borders Suizhou City in the northeast, Jingshan County in the east, Tianmen in the south, Jingmen in the west, and Yicheng City in the northwest.

Historical evolution Zhongxiang is an important birthplace of Chu culture, with a recorded history of more than 2,700 years.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhongxiang was a separate town of Chu, called Jiaoying, and served as the capital of Chu State.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the county was established. During the Three Kingdoms period, it belonged to Wu and was called Shicheng.

For more than 1,600 years from the Western Jin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, Zhongxiang has been the seat of county, state and prefecture administration in successive dynasties.

Because Emperor Jiajing gave birth and prospered here, he named the county "Zhongxiang", which means "Auspicious Zhonggathering".

In the 10th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1531), the imperial government established Chengtianfu, which was one of the three major direct-controlled government offices in the country at that time (Shuntianfu - today's Beijing, Yingtianfu - today's Nanjing, and Chengtianfu - today's Zhongxiang). It was very prosperous for a while.

, was once the political, economic and cultural center of Jianghan and Huguang.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the county name was still Zhongxiang, which governed Yingzhong. In May 1992, the county was removed and a city was established.

Natural resources and agricultural resources: The city's total land area is 6.73 million acres, including 1.234 million acres of cultivated land, more than 500,000 acres of wasteland, nearly 2 million acres of forestry, 740,000 acres of water, and more than 1.9 million acres of pasture.

Freshwater resources; the city’s total freshwater resources are 51.042 billion cubic meters.

The Han River runs through the city for 144 kilometers from north to south. There are 8 water systems in the Han River Basin, including Man River, Zhupi River, Fengle River, Ao River, North and South Lake River, and Changtan River. Wenxia, ??Shimen, and

There are three large reservoirs in Huangpo, and the city's water energy reserve is more than 157,000 kilowatts.

Agricultural products resources; in 1999, the city's grain output was 860,000 tons, cotton output was 7,000 tons, oil crop output was 108,000 tons, fruit output was 140,000 tons, aquatic product output was 70,000 tons, vegetable output was 747,000 tons, and 645,000 pigs were slaughtered.

6.13 million poultry were released from cages.

Mineral resources: There are 27 types of mineral resources in 6 categories that have been proven in Zhongxiang, accounting for 1/6 of the discovered minerals in the country and 1/4 of the province.