Administrative Divisions
Hubei is divided into thirteen prefecture-level divisions (of which there are twelve prefecture-level cities and one autonomous prefecture), as well as three directly administered county-level cities and one directly administered county-level forestry area.
Map | # | Name | Administrative Seat | Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— Sub-provincial city — | |||||
1 | Wuhan | Jiang'an District | 武汉市 Wǔhàn Shì |
9,785,392 | |
— Prefecture-level city — | |||||
2 | Ezhou | Echeng District | 鄂州市 Èzhōu Shì |
1,048,672 | |
3 | Huanggang | Huangzhou District | 黄冈市 Huánggāng Shì |
6,162,072 | |
4 | Huangshi | Huangshigang District | 黄石市 Huángshí Shì |
2,429,318 | |
5 | Jingmen | Dongbao District | 荆门市 Jīngmén Shì |
2,873,687 | |
6 | Jingzhou | Shashi District | 荆州市 Jīngzhōu Shì |
5,691,707 | |
7 | Shiyan | Zhangwan District | 十堰市 Shíyàn Shì |
3,340,843 | |
8 | Suizhou | Zengdu District | 随州市 Suízhōu Shì |
2,162,222 | |
9 | Xiangyang | Xiangcheng District | 襄阳市 Xiāngyang Shì |
5,500,307 | |
10 | Xianning | Xian'an District | 咸宁市 Xiánníng Shì |
2,462,583 | |
11 | Xiaogan | Xiaonan District | 孝感市 Xiàogǎn Shì |
4,814,542 | |
12 | Yichang | Xiling District | 宜昌市 Yíchāng Shì |
4,059,686 | |
— Autonomous prefecture — | |||||
13 | Enshi (for Tujia & Miao) |
Enshi | 恩施土家族苗族自治州 Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu |
3,290,294 | |
— Sub-prefecture-level city — | |||||
14 | Tianmen | Tianmen | 天门市 Tiānmén Shì |
1,418,913 | |
15 | Qianjiang | Qianjiang | 潜江市 Qiánjiāng Shì |
946,277 | |
16 | Xiantao | Xiantao | 仙桃市 Xiāntáo Shì |
1,175,085 | |
— Forestry district — | |||||
17 | Shennongjia | Shennongjia | 神农架林区 Shénnóngjià Línqū |
76,140 |
The thirteen prefecture-level divisions and four directly administered county-level divisions of Hubei are subdivided into 102 county-level divisions (38 districts, 24 county-level cities, 37 counties, two autonomous counties, one forestry area; the directly administered county-level divisions are included here). Those are in turn divided into 1234 township-level divisions (737 towns, 215 townships, nine ethnic townships, and 273 subdistricts).
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