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There is a city in Chu called Yancheng. Where is it?

In today's Yicheng City, Hubei Province.

History of Yancheng:

1, Xia Weiguo;

2. Zhou is Luo and Yan;

3. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it merged with Chu and became the three cities of Si, Tan and Yan;

4. There were three counties of Yan, Si and Tan in Qin Dynasty, which belonged to Nanjun;

5. BC 192 (the third year of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty), Yan County was changed to Yicheng County;

In 6.748 (the seventh year of Tang Tianbao), it was renamed Yicheng County, named after the Song, Yuan and Qing Dynasties.

In July 0949, 65438+65438+ 10, the whole territory of Yicheng was liberated. In mid-May, Hubei Provincial Party Committee abolished Xiangzao County and Jingzhong County, and resumed the organizational system of Yicheng County.

8. 1983, Xiangyang area merged with Xiangfan City, Yicheng became Xiangfan City, and the county government was stationed in Chengguan Town.

9.1June, 1994, Yicheng County was revoked with the approval of the State Council, and Yicheng City (county level) was established. The original administrative area of Yicheng County was the appropriate administrative area of the city, which was managed by Xiangfan City.

Extended data:

I. Population

At the end of 20 16, the registered population of the city was 564,929, including 245 males and 3 females. There are 524,000 permanent residents in the city (people who have lived in the city for more than half a year), and the urbanization rate has reached 49.6%.

The annual birth population was 6 140, and the birth rate was 10.3‰, among which 6058 people were born within the policy, which was 98.66% in line with the policy, the multi-child rate outside the policy was 0.67%, and the sex ratio of the birth population was 107.92. The death toll is 1923, and the population mortality rate is 3.23‰.

Second, the nation

The Han population in Yicheng accounts for 99.7% of the total population. Ethnic minorities include Hui, Manchu, Zhuang, Miao, Li, Yao, Tibetan, Mongolian, Tujia, Xibo and Uygur, with a population of 0./kloc-0. 2 million, accounting for about 0.23% of the population.

It is distributed in various towns (offices) in Yicheng City, mainly concentrated in Liushui Town and Banqiaodian Town. Ethnic minorities are mainly Hui, and the Hui population accounts for more than 80% of the total population of ethnic minorities.

References:

Yicheng Government Website-Overview of Yicheng