11 Facts About Qianjiang Hubei

Qianjiang Hubei's name means river diving, with the first character referring to qian shui, the Chinese verb for diving, and the second character, jiang, meaning river.

Portions of present-day Qianjiang Hubei were ruled by the Sui dynasty as part of Mianyang Commandery.

Part of Qianjiang Hubei was incorporated into the Tang dynasty as Jiangling County .

Qianjiang Hubei County was first organized in 965 CE, during the Song dynasty.

Qianjiang Hubei was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese War from May 1939 to August 1945.

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Young cadres in Qianjiang Hubei worked to improve the agricultural situation, such as draining hundreds of acres of a local lake to be used as farmland.

However, around the year of 1960, Qianjiang Hubei didn't escape the fate of most Chinese towns and was swept by an extended famine that was grossly caused by the political destruction of the fundamental aspects of the economy .

People from Qianjiang and surrounding areas, compared with people from the rest of the Hubei Province, have a reputation for being generous, gentle, and sincere.

Qianjiang Hubei is bordered by Tianmen to the north, Xiantao to the east, Jianli to the southeast, Jiangling County to the southwest, Jingzhou District to the west, and Shayang County to the northwest.

Qianjiang Hubei is a major producer of grain, cotton, petroleum, natural gas, and salt.

Qianjiang Hubei has the potential of producing 200 million tons of oil, more than 9000 m of natural gas, and 800 billion tons of rock salt.