page_title: Jingmen
hierarchical_section_title: Jingmen
caption_attribution_description: Location of Jingmen Prefecture (yellow) within Hubei Province of China Map drawn in december 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Hubei Province administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Hubei Counties map from www.hua2.com
context_page_description: 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. 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.
context_section_description: Jingmen (simplified Chinese: 荆门; traditional Chinese: 荆門; pinyin: Jīngmén; Wade–Giles: Ching¹mên²) 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.
caption: Location of Jingmen City in Hubei and the PRC
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