Which province does Yichang belong to?

Yichang belongs to Hubei province.

Yichang is a sub-central city in Hubei province, and it has been a national civilized city for four consecutive years. It is also a regional central city in the central region and a member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River as approved by the State Council. Yichang is the starting point of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and is known as the "gateway to the Three Gorges" and "throat of Sichuan and Hubei". It is the location of the Three Gorges Project, with more than 4 hydropower stations (including the Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam), and is known as the "hydropower capital of the world"; It is the hometown of historical celebrities such as Qu Yuan, Lei Zu, Wang Zhaojun and Yang Shoujing. It is an excellent tourist city in China.

Yichang has jurisdiction over 13 county-level administrative regions, including five municipal districts, namely Yiling District, Xiling District, Wujiagang District, Dianjun District and Xiaoting District, three county-level cities, namely Yidu City, zhijiang city City and dangyang city City, three counties, namely Yuan 'an County, Xingshan County and Zigui County, and two autonomous counties, namely Changyang Tujia Autonomous County and Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County.

Geographical environment of Yichang City:

Yichang City is located in the southwest of Hubei Province, at the junction of the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the transition zone from Wuling Mountain Range and Qinba Mountain Range in western Hubei to Jianghan Plain, "controlling Bashu in the upper part and drawing Jingxiang in the lower part". The ground span is between 11 15' ~ 112 4' E and 29 56' ~ 31 34' N, with the maximum horizontal distance of 174.8km from east to west and the maximum vertical distance of 18.6km from north to south. It borders Jingzhou and Jingmen in the east, Shimen County in Hunan Province in the south and Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the west.

Shennongjia forest area and Xiangyang city in the north; The total area is 21, square kilometers. Yichang is a complex city with a wide difference in elevation. The elevation ranges from 2,427 meters (fairy mountain, Xingshan County) to 35 meters (Yanglin Lake, zhijiang city), with a vertical elevation difference of 2,392 meters, showing a gradual decline from west to east, with an average gradient of 14.5‰, forming three types of landforms: mountainous (high mountain, semi-high mountain and low mountain), hilly and plain.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yichang City