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Baoping Village Zhaojun Hometown	Climate
Folk Music and Dances	Fujiazhong Ancient Tomb Group
Gezhouba Dam	History
Jiangdu Temple	Local Products
News	Qu Yuan Memorial Temple
The Dragon Boat Festival	The Dragon Fossil Museum
The St Yage Church	Three Gorges Custom Park
Three Gorges Dam Project	Three Visitors Cave
Tianran Pagoda	Xiaoting Ancient Battlefield
Xiling Gorge	Zigui Gong and Drum Music

Location: located in the east mouth of the Three Gorges

Neighboring Areas: Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces

Physical Features: higher in the west and lower in the east

Population: 3.92 million
Urban Population: 2.63 million
Area: 21,084 sq km

Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Tujia and Mongolian

History: with more than 7,000 or 8,000 years of history; called as "the throat of Chuan (namely Sichuan province) and E (namely Hubei province)"; in the Xia and Shang dynasties, used to be the ancient "lands of Jingzhou"; in Spring and Autumn Period, as well as Warring States, cortrolled by the Chu State, being called "the west frontier fortress of Chu" in history; one of the cradles of Chu Culture; called "Xiling" in remote antiquity; also known as "Yiling" for the Yishan Mountain in the northwest, "Xiazhou" for guarding the Three Gorges

Climatic Features: in subtropical humid monsoonal climate zone, four seasons clearly demarcated; cloudy and sunny not certain in springs; with humid and hot summers; fine autumns; dry cold winters; with frost free period of 220- 300 days

Average Temperature: annual average temperature of 16C
Rainfall: annual even precipitation 1,100 mm; concentrated on June, July and August, as well as in spring

Mountains: Mt. Dashengnongjia (with the highest peak of 3053 m), Mt. Wushan (with average height of 700-800m), Mt. Mingfeng, Mt. Guanmiao, Mt. Qingshan, Mt. Xiling

Rivers: Huangbaihe River, Qingjiang River, Juzhanghe River, Yuyanghe River, Jingjiang River and Xiangxi River

Local Highlights: red tea