Place:Jingmen, Hupeh, People's Republic of China

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NameJingmen
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates31.033°N 112.1°E
Located inHupeh, People's Republic of China
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Zhongxiang
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Jingmen is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 400,000. Jingmen is so named as in ancient times it was the gateway to Jingzhou, one of the Nine Provinces and means literally Gateway to Jingzhou.

During the Second World War, the city was occupied by Japanese forces.

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