Ezhou

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title: "Ezhou" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ezhou", "cities-in-hubei", "populated-places-on-the-yangtze-river", "prefecture-level-divisions-of-hubei", "huanggang", "wuhan-urban-agglomeration", "former-prefectures-in-hubei", "prefectures-of-the-sui-dynasty", "prefectures-of-the-tang-dynasty", "prefectures-of-the-song-dynasty", "prefectures-of-the-yuan-dynasty", "prefectures-of-yang-wu", "prefectures-of-southern-tang", "prefectures-of-later-zhou", "national-civilized-city"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezhou" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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name	Ezhou
native_name	鄂州市
native_name_lang	zh
settlement_type	Prefecture-level city
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image1	洋澜湖（1）.jpg
image2	湖北鄂州市观音阁.jpg
image3	古灵泉寺 (1).jpg
image4	庾亮楼2017(1).jpg
image5	湖北省鄂州市洋澜湖.jpg
image_caption	Left to right, top to bottom: Central Yanglan Lake, Guanyin Pavilion, Lingquan Temple, Yu Liang Gate (looking south), the city viewed from Yanglan Lake
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subdivision_type	Country
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seat	Echeng District
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parts
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leader_title1
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area_total_km2	1593.54
area_land_km2
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area_metro_km2	963.4
elevation_footnotes
population_as_of	2020 census
population_footnotes
population_total	1079353
population_density_km2	auto
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population_metro	1152559
population_density_urban_km2	auto
population_density_metro_km2	auto
demographics_type2	GDP
demographics2_title1	Prefecture-level city
demographics2_info1	CN¥ 73.0 billion
US$ 11.7 billion
demographics2_title2	Per capita
demographics2_info2	CN¥ 68,924
US$ 11,066
timezone	China Standard
utc_offset	+8
coor_pinpoint	Ezhou municipal government
coordinates
postal_code_type
iso_code	CN-HB-07
website	(in Simplified Chinese)
blank_name	Licence plate prefixes
blank_info	鄂G
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|postal_code = |area_code = |iso_code = CN-HB-07 |website = (in Simplified Chinese) |blank_name = Licence plate prefixes |blank_info = 鄂G |footnotes = |c= |p=Èzhōu |w=O4-chou1 |mi= | j=Ngok6-zau1 | ci= Ezhou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei Province, China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,079,353, of which 695,697 lived in the core Echeng District. The Ezhou - Huanggang built-up (or metro) area was home to 1,152,559 inhabitants made of the Echeng and Huangzhou, Huanggang Districts.

Geography

Ezhou lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River east of the southern section of Wuchang, across the river from the city of Huanggang, to which it is connected by the Ehuang Bridge. Lying between the cities of Wuhan and Huangshi, Ezhou has a relatively small area of 1504 km2.

There are many lakes in Ezhou, including the Liangzi Lake in Liangzihu District and Yanglan Lake, along with more than 133 lakes and pools. The city is the origin of Wuchang Bream and as a result is nicknamed "city of one hundred lakes" and "the land of fish and rice".

Climate

History

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The name "Ezhou" dates to the Han dynasty (206BCE220CE) and derives from the nearby ancient Zhou dynasty (1046256BCE) vassal State of E. Although the administrative seat of the city changed several times, the name remained unchanged until the Three Kingdoms era (220−280) at which time it became the capital of the state of Eastern Wu ruled by Sun Quan and was renamed "Wuchang". This name remained in use as late as 1915, which proved confusing to travelers, as it was also applied to the much larger city of Wuchang, itself shortly to become part of Wuhan.

Throughout China's history, Ezhou has remained an important city politically, economically, and militarily with its strategic position along the middle part of the Yangtze River. It is also an important location in the history of the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism.

Administration

Ezhou has three districts:

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Districts
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2	Huarong District	{{linktext
3	Liangzihu District
(Liangzi Lake District)	{{linktext	梁子湖
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Economy

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Ezhou has six ports on the Yangtze including one than can handle up to 10,000 t vessels. Many important rail lines and national highways cross the area. This infrastructure make it a major logistics and distribution center. Important industries include metallurgy, construction materials, textiles, chemicals, and machinery.

Transportation

Ezhou is served by the E-Huang Expressway, China National Highways 106 and 316, the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway, the Wuhan–Huangshi intercity railway of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway and Ezhou Huahu International Airport. Ezhou has two bridges over the Yangtze.

Ezhou railway station (), located southwest of downtown, has an interesting layout, somewhat similar to that of the Secaucus Junction in New Jersey. Until 2014, there was just one rail line there: the north–south Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway, which is served by a large number of trains traveling from Wuhan to Nanchang and points further east and south (Fujian, Zhejiang, etc.). Until 2013, there were no commuter trains in per se in Hubei, but it took only about one hour (usually, with a stop at Huarong) to reach one of Wuhan's train stations (such as Wuchang railway station) train station from Ezhou using any of those trains. The distance from the Ezhou railway station to Wuchang by rail is 82 km. In 2014, the Wuhan-Huangshi intercity railway of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway, the region's new commuter line system, was opened. This line, which runs east–west in the area, has crossed the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway tracks at the right angle just south of the previously existing Ezhou station. To accommodate the new line, the Ezhou Station was expanded in 2013–2014, with platforms constructed on the new commuter line, providing a possibility for an easy transfer between the two lines. This is said to be the first station in China with this layout.

The trains on the commuter line travel to Wuhan Railway Station (56 km, 30–40 min from Ezhou).

The commuter line has one more station in Ezhou, farther to the east. It is Ezhou East, 64 km from Wuhan Railway Station.

Tourism

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Ezhou has several tourism sites, including the West Hill (which is in the center of the city), and the nearby Lotus Hill. There are also three lakes, Liangzi Lake, Yanglan Lake (洋澜湖) and Honglian Lake.

References

"China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
湖北省统计局、国家统计局湖北调查总队. (August 2016). "《湖北统计年鉴－2016》". [[China Statistics Press]].
link. Ezhou People's Government. (March 2007). zh
link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]
link. Xinhua
link. XZQH. zh-hans. 1996年，全市面积1504平方千米，{...}辖鄂城、华容、梁子湖3个市辖区，. (7 December 2011)
link. Ezhou People's Government. zh-Hans. 六、人口的分布全市常住人口地区分布如下：地区人口数（人）全市合计 1048672 鄂城区 303315 华容区 172599 梁子湖区 142608 葛店开发区（含葛店镇） 64734 鄂州开发区 31013 凤凰办 138032 古楼办 127600 西山办 68771". (18 May 2011)
link. [[National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China]]. (2017). zh-hans. 统计用区划代码名称 420701000000 市辖区 420702000000 梁子湖区 420703000000 华容区 420704000000 鄂城区
Ezhou (鄂州) schedule search at [http://www.tielu.org/ tielu.org] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-12-05)
link. [[Ifeng]] Hubei. (2014-04-27)

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