Shimen County

Shimen County is the northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, bordering Hubei Province to the north. It is under administration of the prefecture-level city of .
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  • Type: City with 192,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Comte de Shimen”, “Comté de shimen”, “Shih-men Hsien”, “Shimen”, and “天門郡”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shimenxian.

Railway station
Photo: Qa003qa003, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is a fourth-class railway…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chujiang Subdistrict and Erdu Township.

Town
is a subdistrict and the county seat of Shimen in , .

Town
is a township of Shimen County in , .

Shimen County

Latitude
29.5873° or 29° 35′ 14″ north
Longitude
111.3733° or 111° 22′ 24″ east
Population
192,000
Elevation
761 metres (2,497 feet)
Open location code
7PXHH9PF+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081886
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1795106
Wiki­data ID
Q1338696
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Shimen County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shimen Xian”
  • Chinese: “Shímén Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “石門縣”
  • Chinese: “石门”
  • Chinese: “石门县”
  • Dutch: “Shimen”
  • French: “Shimen”
  • French: “xian de Shimen”
  • French: “Xian de Shimen”
  • Gan Chinese: “石门县”
  • German: “Shimen”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sa̍k-mùn-yen”
  • Hebrew: “שה-מן”
  • Italian: “contea di Shimen”
  • Italian: “Contea di Shimen”
  • Japanese: “石門県”
  • Korean: “스먼현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chio̍h-mn̂g-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shimen”
  • Norwegian: “Shimen”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شیمن”
  • Russian: “Шимэнь”
  • Spanish: “Shimen”
  • Swedish: “Shimen”
  • Ukrainian: “Шимень”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Môn, Thường Đức”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Môn”
  • Wu Chinese: “石门县”
  • Yue Chinese: “石門”
  • Yue Chinese: “石門縣”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Baofeng and 宝峰嘉园.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 石门县人民政府 and 县政府广场.

Hunan: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Changsha and Zhangjiajie.

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