Taipingxi

Taipingxi Town (Chinese: 太平溪镇; pinyin: Tàipíngxī Zhèn, "Taiping Stream Town") is a town in Yiling District of Yichang Prefecture-level city of China's Hubei Province. It is located on the left (northern) side of the Yangtze River, near the northern end of the Three Gorges Dam.

Taipingxi

太平溪镇
Town
Xiling Bridge and a section of Taipingxi Town. Looking north; the Yangtze flows to the right; Sandouping in the foreground, Taipingxi in the background
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityYichang
DistrictYiling District
Village-level divisions1 residential community
12 villages[1]
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total23,979
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

As an administrative unit, Taipingxi occupies 152 square km (mostly, rural area), and has the population of 27,000 people.[3]

Taipingxi town center is situated on the Three Gorges Reservoir, less than a kilometer north-west of the Three Gorges Dam's ship locks. An important river port, Taipingxi Harbor (Chinese: 太平溪港; 30°51′00″N 111°00′00″E) is adjacent to the town center. This is the easternmost port facility on the Three Gorges Reservoir, the one closest to the dam.

The towns of Maoping and Sandouping are located on the opposite (southern) side of the river; Letianxi, on the same (northern) side, a few kilometers downstream. The Xiling Bridge crosses the river downstream of the dam, connecting Taipingxi with Sandouping.

Like many other towns in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Taipingxi houses many residents resettled from villages flooded by the reservoir.

Besides the economic activities connected to the Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River shipping, Taipingxi also has mining and tea plantations.[3]

Administrative divisions

One residential community:[1]

Twelve villages:

References
  1. 2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：太平溪镇 [2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Taipingxi Town] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019. 统计用区划代码 城乡分类代码 名称 420506104001 121 伍相庙社区居民委员会 420506104201 220 许家冲村村民委员会 420506104202 220 落佛村村民委员会 420506104203 220 龙潭坪村村民委员会 420506104204 220 富城坪村村民委员会 420506104205 220 林家溪村委会 420506104206 220 美人沱村村民委员会 420506104207 220 小溪口村村民委员会 420506104208 220 韩家湾村村民委员会村民委员会 420506104209 122 太平溪村村民委员会 420506104210 220 长岭村村民委员会 420506104211 220 黄家冲村村民委员会 420506104212 220 古村坪村村民委员会
  2. 夷陵区历史沿革 [Yiling District Historical Development] (in Chinese). XZQH.org. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018. 2010年第六次人口普查，夷陵区常住总人口520186人，其中：{...}太平溪镇23979人，
  3. 三峡工程坝头库首第一镇——宜昌市夷陵区太平溪镇 (The first town at the Three Gorges Dam and at the head of the Three Gorges Reservoir: Taiping Town, Yiling District, Yichang City) (in Chinese)

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