Which province and city does Dangyang City belong to?

Dangyang City belongs to Yichang City, Hubei Province.

Dangyang is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province and under the jurisdiction of Yichang City. It is located in the transition zone from the mountains in western Hubei to the Jianghan Plain, bordering Yichang to the west, Jingmen to the east, and Jingzhou to the south. In October 1988, the county was removed and a city was established. It has jurisdiction over 7 towns and 3 sub-district offices, with a land area of ??2,159 square kilometers. The government is located at No. 4 Zilong Road, Yuyang Street. According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Dangyang City was 430,465.

In June 2017, Dangyang City was named a National Sanitary City and was selected into the top 100 industrial counties (cities) in the country in the same year. In 2018, it was selected into the top 100 comprehensive well-off index of county-level cities in China. It is a pilot county and city for the National Intellectual Property Power County Project, a key county and city for high-quality development in Hubei Province, and an innovative county and city in Hubei Province.

Climate characteristics:

Dangyang City is located in the mid-latitude area, with a humid subtropical monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, rain and heat in the same season, and the characteristics of transition from north to south. The average temperature in the Gregorian calendar year is 16.6℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 40.9℃ (August 4, 1966), and the extreme minimum temperature is -15.6℃ (January 30, 1977).

The average sunshine hours over the years are 1701.6 hours; the annual average precipitation is 992.1 mm; the annual average evaporation is 1364.7 mm; the most frequent wind direction in Dangyang City is northwest wind. The main types of meteorological disasters that affect Dangyang area include heavy rains, floods, droughts, thunder and lightning, strong winds, cold waves, frost, heavy fog, etc.