Shashi District
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| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... (2006): 520,000 |
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Shashi District (沙市区) is a district
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....
within the main urban area of the Jingzhou
Jingzhou
Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China. The city is located on the banks of the Yangtze River.Its population is 5,691,707 at the 2010 census whom 1,154,086 in the built up area made of 3 urban districts.-Geography:Jingzhou occupies an area of...
Prefecture-level City
Prefecture-level city
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, 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, China
China
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. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yangtze River
Yangtze River
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, between Yichang
Yichang
Yichang is a prefecture-level city located in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. It is the second largest city in Hubei province after the province capital, Wuhan. The Three Gorges Dam is located within its administrative area, in Yiling District.-History:In ancient times Yichang...
and Wuhan
Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
. Shashi is one of the 200 major cities of China, with a population of around 500,000.
The district is experiencing ecological problems due to its metal and chemical industry. The Yangtze river is most polluted in the area around Shashi harbor.
Shashi was founded in the late 18th century, but was largely destroyed in World War II
World War II
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. Most of its buildings were erected in the late 1950s and 1960s, but there has also been recent construction in the economical boom of the 21st century.
The city experiences little tourism outside of those (generally the Chinese themselves) visiting nearby Jingzhou (荆州) and its historical sights from the Three Kingdoms period.