Jiangling (Chinese: 江陵; pinyin: Jiānglíng; Wade–Giles: Chiang-ling) is a county in southern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Administratively, it is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou City.

Jiangling County
江陵县
Kiangling
Jiangling Tieniuji
Jiangling Tieniuji
Jiangling is located in Hubei
Jiangling

Jiangling

Location in Hubei

Coordinates: 30°08′N 112°30′E / 30.133°N 112.500°E / 30.133; 112.500
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityJingzhou
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total331,344
Websitewww.jiangling.gov.cn

History

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The county name derived from the old name of Jingzhou. Liang Dynasty Prince Xiao Yi (蕭繹; 507–555) was made governor of Jingzhou, of which Jiangling was the provincial capital, at about the time that scholar and writer Yan Zhitui (531–590s) was born there. After defeating the Hou Jing Rebellion, Xiao Yi took the Liang throne, but instead of moving back to the imperial capital at Jiankang (Nanjing), he settled in Jiangling -- although his courtiers had advised otherwise. In 553, he allied with the Western Wei regime to attack his own younger brother, Xiao Ji (蕭紀; 508–553), who had used his own position as governor in Sichuan to declare himself emperor. Unfortunately for the Liang Dynasty as a whole, this enabled Western Wei to take the Shu area (Sichuan) and then turn against Xiao Yi, attacking Jiangling in 554 and conquering the city with great brutality. [2]

In 1994, Jiangling County was dissolved and converted to two districts (Jingzhou and Jiangling) of Jingzhou City. The current Jiangling County was established in 1998, when the Jiangling District, then covering 11 outlying towns and townships, was again reverted to county status.[3]

Administrative divisions

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Six towns:[1][4][5]

Two townships:

Three other areas:

References

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(一)^ ab沿 [Jiangling County Historical Development].  www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). / (Administrative Divisions Web/District Geographic Names Web). 6 August 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2018. 201033134422261217883868941470403363172944100354002306711369124578678

(二)^ Tian Xiaofei and Paul Kroll, Family Instructions for the Yan Clan and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531590s) (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501503191, pp. xv-xvii. 

(三)^ "沿 (Timeline of Jingzhou)". Jingzhou City Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

(四)^ 2016 [2016 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Jiangling County]. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2018.   421024100000  421024102000  421024103000  421024104000  421024105000  421024106000  421024200000  421024201000  421024450000  421024500000  421024501000 

(五)^  [Administrative Divisions].  (in Chinese).   . Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018. 72

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