Jiayu County

Jiayu County
嘉鱼县
County
Jiayu

Location in Hubei

Coordinates: 30°03′N 114°03′E / 30.050°N 114.050°E / 30.050; 114.050Coordinates: 30°03′N 114°03′E / 30.050°N 114.050°E / 30.050; 114.050
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hubei
Prefecture-level city Xianning
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Jiayu County (simplified Chinese: 嘉鱼县; traditional Chinese: 嘉魚縣; pinyin: Jiāyú Xiàn) is a county of southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, located on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze River. It is under the administration of Xianning City and has a land area of 1,018.4 square kilometres (393.2 sq mi), and a population of 360,000 in 2004.

Administrative divisions

Jiayu County consists of eight towns: Yuyue (鱼岳), Luxi (陆溪), Gaotieling (高铁岭), Guanqiao (官桥), Xinjie (新街), Panjiawan (潘家湾), Dupu (渡普), Paizhouwan (簰洲湾).

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