Echeng District
Encyclopedia
Echeng District is one of the three administrative districts
into which the prefecture-level city
of Ezhou
, in China's Hubei
province, is divided. The district is quite small, and includes Ezhou's main urban area (i.e, in informal terms, Ezhou "city proper") and its eastern and southern suburbs.
District (China)
The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China....
into which the prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
of Ezhou
Ezhou
-Geography and climate:Ezhou is located in southeastern Hubei province, on the southern bank of the Yangtze River east of Wuchang , and across the river from the city of Huanggang, to which it is connected by the Ehuang Bridge...
, in China's Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
province, is divided. The district is quite small, and includes Ezhou's main urban area (i.e, in informal terms, Ezhou "city proper") and its eastern and southern suburbs.