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}} |nickname = |settlement_type =Prefecture-level city |total_type = |motto = |image_skyline = Yichang.jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_caption = Yichang skyline at the Yangtze River |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Location of Yichang-Hubei.gif |mapsize = 300px |map_caption = Location of Yichang City jurisdiction in Hubei |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = China Hubei |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of the city centre in Hubei |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_region = CN-42 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = China |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Hubei |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |seat_type = Municipal seat |seat = Xiling District |parts_type = |parts_style = |parts = |p1 = |p2 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = CPC Party Secretary |leader_name1 = Huang Chuping |leader_title2 = Mayor |leader_name2 = Li Lecheng |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title1 = |established_date1 = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |founder = |named_for = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =21227 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 =4232.4 |area_metro_km2 =4192 |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 58 |elevation_ft =191 |elevation_max_m = 2427 |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = 35 |elevation_min_ft = |population_as_of =2010 census〔http://www.citypopulation.de/php/china-hubei-admin.php〕 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =4059686 |population_density_km2 =auto |population_metro =1350150 |population_density_metro_km2 =auto |population_urban =1411380 |population_density_urban_km2 =auto |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 |latd= 30 |latm= 43 |latNS=N |longd=111 |longm=17 |longEW=E |postal_code_type = Postal codes |postal_code =443000 |area_code =0717 |blank_name =ISO-3166 |blank_info =cn-42-05 |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website =http://en.yichang.gov.cn/ |footnotes = }} Yichang () is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the second largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan. The Three Gorges Dam is located within its administrative area, in Yiling District.〔(Yichang Information )〕 At the 2010 census, its population was 4,059,686 inhabitants whom 1,350,150 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of Yiling, Xiling, Wujiagang and Dianjun urban districts as Xiaoting District is not conurbated yet. ==History== In ancient times Yichang was known as Yiling. There are historical records telling that in the year 278 BC during the Warring States period, the Qin general Bai Qi set fire to Yiling. In 222 AD Yichang was also the site of the Battle of Yiling during the Three Kingdoms Period. Under the Qing Guangxu Emperor, Yichang was opened to foreign trade as a trading port after Qing and Great Britain signed Chefoo Convention, which was signed by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hongzhang in Chefoo on 21 August 1876. The imperial government set up a navigation company there and built wharfs less than in length. Since 1949, more than 50 wharves have been constructed at the port so that its wharf area is now over long. In October 1938,Yichang Retreat happened after Wuhan has been took by Japanese army.This retreat was commanded by a Chinese businessman Lu Zuofu.It helped China to transfer a huge number of technological and scientific materials.People treated it like an Eastern version of Dunkirk Evacuation.〔(抗战中的宜昌大撤退：保留中国抗战工业命脉的壮举 )〕 In 1940, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang took place in the area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yichang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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