Jingmen, a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, is an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and a regional central city in central Hubei, and is known as the "gateway to Jingchu". It is located in the middle of Hubei Province, in the middle and lower reaches of the Han River, bordering Xiangyang and Suizhou in the north, Yichang in the west, Xiaogan in the east, Jingzhou, Qianjiang and Tianmen in the south, and between east longitude 1 165438+. Jingmen belonged to Jingzhou in Xia and Shang Dynasties, to a powerful country and _ in Western Zhou Dynasty, to Chu State, Dangyang County in Han Dynasty, Jingmen County in Tang Dynasty, Jingmen Army in Song Dynasty, Jingmen County in Yuan Dynasty, Jingmen County in Ming Dynasty, Jingmen Zhili Prefecture in Qing Dynasty and Jingmen County after the founding of New China. 1979, divided into Jingmen county and Jingmen city. 1993, Jingmen county merged with Jingmen city to become a prefecture-level Jingmen city.
Jingmen is high in the east, west and north, low in the middle and south, open to the south, with low mountain valleys, hilly and gully areas and plain lakes; It belongs to the north subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons and the same period of rain and heat. The main transit rivers are Hanjiang River, Zhanghe River and Fushui River.