Jingmen

Jingmen 荆门市 Kingmen
Prefecture-level city
From top, left to right: View from Bailong Mountain; Nanxun Gate on Zhongtian Street; Pavilion in Longquan Park; View from Languan Pavilion; Street in Dongbao
Location of Jingmen City in Hubei and the PRC
Jingmen Location in Hubei
Coordinates (Jingmen municipal government): 31°02′07″N 112°11′56″E / 31.0354°N 112.1990°E / 31.0354; 112.1990
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Municipal seat	Dongbao District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,404 km2 (4,789 sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	248.70 km2 (96.02 sq mi)
• Districts[1]	2,251.9 km2 (869.5 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Prefecture-level city	3,023,000
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
• Urban  (2017)[1]	553,400
• Districts[1]	915,000
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 138.8 billion US$ 22.3 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 47,999 US$ 7,706
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Area code	0724
ISO 3166 code	CN-HB-08
Licence plate prefixes	鄂H
Website	jingmen.gov.cn

Jingmen (simplified Chinese: 荆门; traditional Chinese: 荆門; pinyin: Jīngmén; Wade–Giles: Ching¹mên²) is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 400,000. Jingmen is so named as in ancient times it was the gateway to Jingzhou, one of the Nine Provinces and means literally Gateway to Jingzhou.

During the Second World War, the city was occupied by Japanese forces.