Xianning

Xianning is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, just south of Wuhan, bordering Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It lies between the southern bank of the Yangtze River in the north and the Mufu Mountains in the south, and is hilly and mountainous in the south with flatlands and lakes mostly in the north. The 2020 Chinese census counted 2,658,316 people, of whom 657,590 lived in the built-up area made up of Xian'an District, and most inhabitants are Han. Known as the City of Osmanthus, the City of Nan Bamboo and the City of Tea, it relies mainly on agriculture and forestry, and its tourist draws include natural scenery such as Mount Jiugong and Lushui Lake.