Xiaogan City is one of the prefecture-level cities in Hubei Province. It has jurisdiction over Xiaonan District, Yunmeng, Xiaochang and Dawu counties and three county-level cities of Yingcheng, Anlu and Hanchuan.

Xiaogan is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, bordering on the Yangtze River in the north and the Han River in the east, bordering on Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, about 60 kilometers away from the center of Wuhan and only 30 kilometers away from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, enjoying the urban resources of Wuhan. The city covers an area of 89 10 square kilometers, and the total population of the city in 20 16 was 5.3 million.

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Location context

Xiaogan City is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, south of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, north of Yangtze River, east of Hanjiang River, south of Dongxihu District and Xiantao City in Wuhan, north of Xinyang City in Henan Province, west of Suizhou, Jingmen and Tianmen, and east of Hongan County in Huanggang City and huangpi district in Wuhan City. Geographical location: 30 23'-3152' minutes north latitude and11319'-14 35' east longitude. The whole territory is about 163 km long from north to south and about 122 km wide from east to west. The city's land area is 89 10 square kilometers.

Xiaogan is close to Wuhan, with superior geographical position and convenient transportation. It is 60 kilometers away from the center of Wuhan, 30 kilometers away from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport and 50 kilometers away from Wuhan Port, the largest inland port. The Beijing-Guangzhou, Hanyu and Changjing railways pass through the territory, and four national highways, namely expressway and 107 and 3 16, crisscross Beijing-Zhuhai, Yin Fu, Shanghai-Chengdu and Jason Wu. The Hanjiang River, Fuhe River, He Huan River and Hanbei River are connected with the Yangtze River, which leads directly to all parts along the Yangtze River. ?

topography

Xiaogan is high in the north and low in the south, and the transition from Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain to Jianghan Plain is sloping. Generally speaking, it is 10% low mountain, 30% plain and 60% hilly. Xiaogan City is located in the north of the Yangtze River and south of Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain. It spans the Yangtze River and Huaihe River basins, including 8438.438+02 square kilometers in the Yangtze River basin and 47438+0.88 square kilometers in the Huaihe River basin.

The remnant veins of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain extend from northwest to southeast and northeast to southwest to north respectively, which is the watershed of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. The overall topographic trend is higher in the north and lower in the south, with the Huaihe River Basin being higher in the southwest and lower in the northeast. The Yangtze River valley is high in the north and low in the south. The northern part of the territory is a low mountainous area, and the peak height is generally between 400 and 800 meters. The highest peak in the territory is Wuyue Mountain at the junction of Hubei and Henan, with an altitude of 880 meters. Xiaochang has two peaks and a peak with an altitude of 873.7 meters.

The middle part is hilly, and the ground elevation is between 50 ~150m above sea level. The south is the plain lake area, which is a part of Jianghan Plain. The ground elevation is below 50 meters above sea level, and the lowest point (excluding the riverbed bottom) is Tongjia Lake in Xiaonan District, with an altitude of 17.5 meters. The mountainous area is 1887 km2, accounting for 2 1% of Xiaogan's land area, the hilly area is 3,692 km2, accounting for 4 1% of Xiaogan's land area, and the plain lake area is 334 1 km2, accounting for 37% of Xiaogan's land area.

Minority population

nation

According to the official website 20 17, Xiaogan city belongs to the scattered area of ethnic minorities. * * * There are Tujia, Hui, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, North Korea, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Hani, Dai, Li, Wa, She, Shui, Naxi, Tu, Daur, Mulao and Bai.

Among them, the population of Tujia, Hui and other ethnic minorities is above 1000, the population of Miao, Zhuang, Manchu, Dong and Mongolian is above 1000, and the floating population of ethnic minorities is above1000 every year.

Human population

At the end of 20 16, the permanent population of the city was 4,904,300, including 2,693,400 in cities and towns. The urbanization rate reached 54.92%. According to the statistics of the public security department, the total registered population of the city at the end of the year was 5232438+00000. The annual birth population was 67,300, and the birth rate was12.83 ‰. There were 30,200 deaths, with a mortality rate of 5.76‰ and a natural population growth rate of 7.07%. ?

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiaogan