Jishou

Jishou is in , and is the capital of the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Jishou has little to offer the tourist, but it is the jumping off point for scenic spots like Dehang and .
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  • City with 409,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 201 metres (659 feet)
  • Description: county-level city
  • Also known as
    “Ch’ien-ch’eng”
    “Chi-shou”
    “Chi-shou-hsien”
    “Kishow”
    “Qianzhou”
    “So-li”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qianzhou.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict and the seat of Jishou City in , China.

Jishou

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Latitude
28.2653° or 28° 15′ 55″ north
Longitude
109.6939° or 109° 41′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
CN JSO
Open location code
7PWF7M8V+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080939
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1805270
Wiki­data ID
Q1344702

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jishou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جيشو”
  • Basque: “Jishou”
  • Bengali: “জিসুউ”
  • Cebuano: “Jishou Shi (gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Jishou Shi”
  • Chinese: “Jíshǒu Shì”
  • Chinese: “乾城”
  • Chinese: “乾城县”
  • Chinese: “乾城縣”
  • Chinese: “乾州”
  • Chinese: “吉首”
  • Chinese: “吉首县”
  • Chinese: “吉首市”
  • Czech: “Ťi-šou”
  • Danish: “Jishou”
  • Dutch: “Jishou”
  • Finnish: “Jishou”
  • French: “Jishou”
  • Gan Chinese: “吉首市”
  • German: “Jishou”
  • Greek: “Τζίσου”
  • Gujarati: “જિશૌ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’ישואו”
  • Hindi: “जिशोउ”
  • Hungarian: “Jisou”
  • Igbo: “Jishou”
  • Indonesian: “Jishou”
  • Italian: “Jishou”
  • Japanese: “乾城県”
  • Japanese: “吉首市”
  • Japanese: “吉首県”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಶೌ”
  • Kikuyu: “Jishou”
  • Korean: “지서우시”
  • Kurdish: “Jishou”
  • Latvian: “Dzišou”
  • Lithuanian: “Dzišou”
  • Malagasy: “Jishou”
  • Malay: “Jishou”
  • Marathi: “जीशोऊ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kiat-siú-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jishou”
  • Norwegian: “Jishou”
  • Pampanga: “Jishou”
  • Polish: “Jishou”
  • Portuguese: “Jishou”
  • Russian: “Цзишоу”
  • Scots: “Jishou”
  • Sinhala: “ජිෂෝ”
  • Spanish: “Jishou”
  • Swedish: “Jishou”
  • Tamil: “ஜீஷாவு”
  • Telugu: “జిషౌ”
  • Thai: “ไกเชาส์”
  • Turkish: “Jishou”
  • Ukrainian: “Цзішоу”
  • Urdu: “جیسہؤ”
  • Uzbek: “Jieshou”
  • Vietnamese: “Cát Thủ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jishou”
  • Welsh: “Jishou”
  • Wu Chinese: “吉首市”
  • Yue Chinese: “吉首”

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