South-central China
Hubei
Jingzhou

Shishou

Shishou is a county-level city under the administration of the prefectural-level city , in the south of province, near its border with province, and is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
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  • Type: City with 154,000 residents
  • Description: county-level city in Jingzhou, Hubei province, China
  • Also known as: “Shih-shou”, “Shih-shou-hsien”, “Shih-show-hsien”, “Shishou Shi”, and “Xiulin”
  • Historically known as: “Shi-shau” and “Shishow”

Shishou

Latitude
29.7228° or 29° 43′ 22″ north
Longitude
112.4189° or 112° 25′ 8″ east
Population
154,000
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CN XUL
Open location code
7PXJPCF9+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081881
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1788268
Wiki­data ID
Q1359319
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Shishou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيشو”
  • Bengali: “শিশৌ”
  • Bulgarian: “Шишоу”
  • Catalan: “Shishou”
  • Cebuano: “Shishou Shi”
  • Chinese: “Chio̍h-siú-chhī”
  • Chinese: “Shíshǒu Shì”
  • Chinese: “石首”
  • Chinese: “石首市”
  • Chinese: “石首縣”
  • Danish: “Shishou”
  • Dutch: “Shishou”
  • Finnish: “Shishou”
  • French: “Shishou”
  • Gan Chinese: “石首市”
  • German: “Shishou”
  • Greek: “Σίσου”
  • Gujarati: “શિશુ”
  • Hindi: “शिशाउ”
  • Indonesian: “Shishou”
  • Italian: “Shishou”
  • Japanese: “石首市”
  • Japanese: “石首県”
  • Kannada: “ಶಿಶೌ”
  • Kikuyu: “Shishou”
  • Korean: “스서우시”
  • Kurdish: “Shishou”
  • Latvian: “Šišou”
  • Lithuanian: “Šišou”
  • Malagasy: “Shishou”
  • Malay: “Shishou”
  • Marathi: “शिशुउ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chio̍h-siú-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shishou”
  • Norwegian: “Shishou”
  • Pampanga: “Shishou”
  • Persian: “شیشوا”
  • Polish: “Shishou”
  • Portuguese: “Shishou”
  • Russian: “Шишоу”
  • Sinhala: “ශිසොහු”
  • Spanish: “Shishou”
  • Swedish: “Shishou Shi”
  • Swedish: “Shishou”
  • Tamil: “ஷிஷோவு”
  • Telugu: “శిశౌ”
  • Thai: “ซือซัว”
  • Turkish: “Shishou”
  • Ukrainian: “Шишоу”
  • Urdu: “شیشوو”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Thủ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shishou”
  • Welsh: “Shishou”
  • Wu Chinese: “石首市”
  • Yue Chinese: “石首”

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