Administrative Divisions
Administratively, it is a prefecture-level city; its municipal government has jurisdiction over five counties, five urban districts, and three satellite county-level cities (Yidu, Dangyang, Zhijiang).
- Xiling District (西陵区) - includes the city center
- Wujiagang District (伍家岗区) - southeastern parts of the urban area, and suburbs
- Dianjun District (点军区) - the part of the urban area southwest of the Changjiang (across from the city center), and suburbs
- Xiaoting District (猇亭区)
- Yiling District (夷陵区) - northern part of the urban area, and suburbs
- Zhijiang City (枝江市)
- Yidu City (宜都市)
- Dangyang City (当阳市)
- Yuan'an County (远安县)
- Xingshan County (兴山县)
- Zigui County (秭归县) - a county whose country seat (Maoping Zhen) is some 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Yichang center city, next to the Three Gorges Dam
- Changyang Tujia Autonomous County (长阳土家族自治县)
- Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County (五峰土家族自治县)
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