Where does Enshi belong?

Enshi belongs to Hubei Province,

Hubei, referred to as "E", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China and the provincial capital Wuhan. Because it is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and north of Dongting Lake, Hence the name Hubei. Located in central China, it borders Anhui to the east, Chongqing to the west, Shaanxi to the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan to the south, and Henan to the north, between 108°21′42″-116°07′50″ east longitude and 29°01 north latitude. Between ′53″-33°6′47″. The total land area of ??the province is 185,900 square kilometers.

As of the end of 2017, Hubei Province *** has 13 prefecture-level administrative regions, including 12 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture; 103 county-level administrative regions, including 39 municipal districts and 24 county-level cities, 37 counties, 2 autonomous counties, and 1 forest area; 1,234 township-level administrative districts, including 308 streets, 761 towns, and 165 townships.

Extended information

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (referred to as Enshi Prefecture) is an autonomous prefecture and prefecture-level administrative region in Hubei Province. It is located in the southwest of Hubei Province, between Hubei, Hunan, and Chongqing. The intersection of three provinces (cities) is located at 108°23′12″-110°38′08″ east longitude and 29°07′10″-31°24′13″ north latitude. It is connected to Qianjiang District of Chongqing City to the west, Wanzhou District of Chongqing City to the north, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province to the south, and Shennongjia Forest District and Yichang City of this province to the east. Enshi Prefecture was established on August 19, 1983. It is the only ethnic minority autonomous prefecture in Hubei Province, with 29 ethnic groups including Tujia, Miao, Dong, Han, Hui, Mongolian, Yi, Naxi and Zhuang.

Enshi Prefecture has a forest coverage rate of nearly 70% and enjoys the titles of "Western Hubei Forest Sea", "Huazhong Medicine Library", "Tobacco Kingdom" and "World Selenium Capital". The prefecture's theoretical hydropower resource reserves reach 6 million kilowatts, the developable capacity reaches 5 million kilowatts, and the wind power resource reserves reach 3 million kilowatts. It is an important clean energy base in central China. The Western Hubei Iron Mine in Enshi Prefecture is one of the four largest iron ore mines in China, with proven reserves of 1.3 billion tons and predicted reserves of 4 billion tons. The proven reserves of natural gas are 150 billion cubic meters, and the predicted resources are 1.5 trillion cubic meters. Enshi also has the world's largest independent selenium deposit.

Topography

It consists of the Wushan Mountains, the southern branch of the Daba Mountains in the north, the Wuling Mountains, the Miaoling branch in the southeast and central part, and the northern extension of the Daloushan Mountains in the west. ——A mountainous area composed of three major mountain ranges including the Qiyue Mountains. The terrain of the whole state is composed of three mountains, which are high in the north, northwest and southeast, and gradually slope toward the middle and south and become relatively low. The basic characteristics of its landform are: ladder-like landform development. Due to the influence of intermittent neotectonic movements, large areas were uplifted into mountains and partially rifted, forming multi-level flat surfaces and intermountain valley rifted basins.

Except for the small area of ??mountainous areas in the northeast with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, there are generally displays with altitudes of 2,000 to 1,700 meters, 1,500 to 1,300 meters, 1,200 to 1,000 meters, 900 to 800 meters, 700 to 500 meters, etc. There are five levels of planation with varying areas, and there are first to second level valley terraces. It shows an obvious layered landform. Karst landforms are developed, and valleys are dotted among the mountains. The area of ??carbonate rocks (limestone, dolomite) in the state accounts for 54.4% of the total area. The exposed carbonate rocks are affected by the warm and rainy climate of the state. Karst landforms are developed, with stone buds, caves, funnels, valleys, and undercurrents everywhere. yes.

Reference materials: Hubei - Baidu Encyclopedia? Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture_Baidu Encyclopedia