Tianmen

Tianmen 天门市 Tienmen
County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Tianmen South Station Entrance Hall
Location of Tianmen City jurisdiction in Hubei
Tianmen Location of the city centre in Hubei
Coordinates (Tianmen government): 30°39′50″N 113°10′01″E / 30.664°N 113.167°E / 30.664; 113.167
country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Area
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	2,622 km2 (1,012 sq mi)
• Urban [1]	324.40 km2 (125.25 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (104 ft)
Population  (2014)
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	1,731,482
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Urban [1]	301,000
• Urban density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	CN¥ 44.0 billion US$ 7.1 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 34,069 US$ 5,470
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	天门市人民政府门户网站 (translation: Tianmen City People's Government Web Portal) (in Simplified Chinese)

Tianmen (simplified Chinese: 天门; traditional Chinese: 天門; pinyin: Tiānmén; lit. 'sky gate') is a sub-prefecture-level city (sometimes considered a county-level city) in central Hubei Province, China.

It is on the Jianghan Plain, on the west side of Wuhan (the biggest city of Central China, as well as the capital of Hubei) and the east of Jingzhou (a famous city in Chinese history). Formerly known as Jingling (竟陵), it was renamed to Tianmen in 1726 during the Qing dynasty. The name comes from the Sky Gate Mountains (meaning “tianmen” in Chinese) which lie northwest of the city.^[3]

It is the hometown of Lu Yu, the writer of The Classic of Tea, who is respected as "the Sage of Tea" for his contribution to the tea culture. Tianmen has the largest population among the same-level cities in Central China. It was honoured "National Civilized City" by Chinese government in 2014.