Chibi City

Chibi 赤壁
—  County-level city  —
赤壁市
Chibi Location in China
Coordinates: 29°43′N 113°54′E / 29.717°N 113.9°E / 29.717; 113.9Coordinates: 29°43′N 113°54′E / 29.717°N 113.9°E / 29.717; 113.9
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Prefecture-level city	Xianning
Area
– Total	1,723 km2 (665.3 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m (221 ft)
Population (2006)
– Total	506,509
– Density	294/km2 (761.4/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Website	http://www.chibi.gov.cn/

Chibi City (Chinese: 赤壁; pinyin: Chìbì) is a city of about 133,000 in southwestern Hubei province, Central China. The city was originally named Puqi (蒲圻) until 11 June 1998, when the State Council approved the renaming to "Chibi" to tie the city to the famous historical Battle of Chibi. It is administratively a county-level city of Xianning City.

Chibi has an area of 1,723 square kilometres (665 sq mi) ^[1] and a population of 506,509 as of 2006.^[2]

Historic sites

Yangloudong (羊楼洞), an old center of tea production and trade. Located in Zhaoliqiao town near Hubei's border with Hunan, some 26 km southwest of downtown Chibi.^{[3] [4]}

Notes

1. ^ "Geography of Chibi" (in Simplified Chinese). Chibi People's Government. 2007-10-11. http://www.chibi.gov.cn/show.asp?id=3563. Retrieved 2008-07-14. 
2. ^ "Democraphics of Chibi" (in Simplified Chinese). Chibi People's Government. 2007-10-11. http://www.chibi.gov.cn/show.asp?id=3564. Retrieved 2008-07-14. 
3. ^ 羊楼洞古街 (The old town of Yangloudong)
4. ^ Li Baihao; Zhu Jianhua; Huang Li; Guo Jian (2005), "One cultural route span the Millenary: Chinese Tea Road", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM "Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes", Xi'an, p. 4, http://www.international.icomos.org/xian2005/papers/4-25.pdf 

References

• 中华人民共和国行政区划（1998年） (Chinese)

External links

• Official website of Chibi Government