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Name
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Districts
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1
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Xian'an District
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County-Level City
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2
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Chibi City
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Counties
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3
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Chongyang County
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4
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Tongcheng County
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5
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Jiayu County
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Xianning has a population of 2,772,000 people. Most of the inhabitants of
Xianning are Han; only 4,785 are from other ethnic groups including Hui, Tujia,
Zhuang, Miao, Manchu, and Dong. The place with the largest ethnic minority
population is in Chibi City. Xianning is located in southeastern Hubei
province, just south of Wuhan, between the southern bank of the Yangtze River
in the north and the Mufu Mountains in the south. It borders Jiangxi to the
southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is called Hubei's southern gateway.
Xianning is hilly and mountainous (especially in its southern part), with some
flatlands (mostly in the north) and lakes. Its area is 1,501 square kilometres
(580 sq mi), 56% of which is forested.
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