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County-level & Sub-prefectural city in Hubei, People's Republic of China

Tianmen 天门市Tienmen
County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Tianmen South Station Entrance Hall
Location of Tianmen City jurisdiction in Hubei
TianmenLocation of the city centre in Hubei
Coordinates (Tianmen government): 30°39′50″N 113°10′01″E / 30.664°N 113.167°E / 30.664; 113.167
country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hubei
Area
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	2,622 km2 (1,012 sq mi)
• Urban[1]	324.40 km2 (125.25 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (104 ft)
Population (2022)
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	1,105,800
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Urban[1]	301,000
• Urban density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• County-level & Sub-prefectural city	CN¥ 71.2 billionUS$ 9.9 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 64,707US$ 9,010
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	天门市人民政府门户网站 (translation: Tianmen City People's Government Web Portal) (in Simplified Chinese)

Tianmen (simplified Chinese: 天门; traditional Chinese: 天門; pinyin: Tiānmén; lit. 'sky gate') is a sub-prefecture-level city (sometimes considered a county-level city) in central Hubei Province, China.

It is on the Jianghan Plain, on the west side of Wuhan (the biggest city of Central China, as well as the capital of Hubei) and the east of Jingzhou (a famous city in Chinese history). Formerly known as Jingling (竟陵), it was renamed to Tianmen in 1726 during the Qing dynasty. The name comes from the Sky Gate Mountains (meaning “tianmen” in Chinese) which lie northwest of the city.[3]

It is the hometown of Lu Yu, the writer of The Classic of Tea, who is respected as "the Sage of Tea" for his contribution to the tea culture. Tianmen has the largest population among the same-level cities in Central China. It was honoured "National Civilized City" by Chinese government in 2014.

Prehistoric ancient settlements in the Tianmen area existed at least 7,000 to 8,000 years ago as evidenced by Shijiahe neolithic tribal ruins which include recent discoveries of stone (jade) devices, pottery, bone, mussels, as well as bronze articles and other artifacts, such as those in the original Tao Zu patrilineal cultural heritage period.[3]

In January 2008, more than 100 persons and city officials in Tianmen came under investigation after the fatal beating of a 41-year-old man, Wei Wenhua, general manager of a construction company, who was using his cellphone to photograph a dispute between villagers and city inspectors.[4]

As of the end of 2022, the permanent resident population of Tianmen City was 1,105,800 people.[3]

According to the seventh national census in 2020, the permanent resident population of the city was 1,158,640 people. Compared with the 1,418,913 people from the sixth national census, there was a decrease of 260,273 people over ten years, a decline of 18.34%, with an average annual growth rate of -2.01%. Among them, the male population was 606,285 people, accounting for 52.33% of the total population; the female population was 552,355 people, accounting for 47.67% of the total population. The total population sex ratio (with females as 100) was 109.76. The population aged 0-14 years was 199,948 people, accounting for 17.26% of the total population; the population aged 15-59 years was 659,700 people, accounting for 56.94% of the total population; the population aged 60 and above was 298,992 people, accounting for 25.81% of the total population, among which those aged 65 and above were 208,068 people, accounting for 17.96% of the total population. The population living in urban areas was 502,908 people, accounting for 43.41% of the total population; the population living in rural areas was 655,732 people, accounting for 56.59% of the total population.

Tianmen City is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in mainland China and a key hometown of overseas Chinese in Hubei Province. More than 280,000 overseas Chinese, Chinese, and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao from Tianmen live in more than 40 countries and regions across five continents. The city has more than 500 returned overseas Chinese and over 82,000 relatives of overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, and Macao residents.

The emigration of Tianmen overseas Chinese began at the end of the 18th century, going through several stages including moving northward (to Europe), moving southward (to Southeast Asia), and the new immigration period.[5]

Tianmen City is a renowned cultural hometown. World cultural figures such as the "Tea Saint" Lu Yu, Tang Dynasty poet Pi Rixiu, Ming Dynasty Jingling School literary representative figures Zhong Xing, Tan Yuanchun, and Qing Dynasty top scholar Jiang Liyong were born here. Since the restoration of the college entrance examination system, Tianmen has sent over 54,000 college students to the nation, earning the reputation of the "hometown of top scholars."

Tianmen is full of places of interest and historical sites. Within its territory is the Stone Age village site of Shijiahe, the largest Neolithic village site in the Yangtze River basin to date, the famous Buddhist temple Bai Long Temple built during the Southern Dynasties, well-preserved and majestic, and Lu Yu Pavilion, Wenxue Spring, Ancient Goose Bridge in memory of Lu Yu, as well as Zhong Xing's tomb, Tan Yuanchun's tomb, and the East Lake and West Lake scenic areas.

Hubei Province Tianmen Middle School is a nationally renowned provincial model high school, founded in 1912, located at the western end of Jingling Zhong Xing Avenue in Tianmen City, Hubei Province, the hometown of the Tea Saint Lu Yu. It is a garden-style school in Hubei Province, a provincial model high school, an advanced collective in the national education system, an advanced unit in the construction of spiritual civilization nationwide, with a history of more than one hundred years.

Hubei Province Tianmen Experimental High School is located on the north bank of East Lake in Tianmen. The school's history of education can be traced back to the Tianmen Normal Training Institute founded in the 32nd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1906), which has gone through the processes of normal schools, secondary normal schools, and high schools, changing its name nine times and relocating eight times. In 2004, Tianmen Experimental High School ranked 28th on the comprehensive strength ranking of key middle schools in Hubei Province.[6]

Map including Tianmen (labeled as T'IEN-MEN (walled) 天門) (1953)

Administrative divisions

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Tianmen administers:[7][8]

Hometown of overseas Chinese of Central China: Tian men is a major hometown of overseas Chinese in Central Chinese. It is hometown of approximately 80,000 overseas Chinese, and also hometown of about 200,000 Hong Kong people, Macau people and Taiwanese.

• Tianmen South Railway Station and Xiantao West Railway Station on the Wuhan–Yichang Railway.

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5. ^ "Bù yánhǎi, wú dìlì, tiānmén zěnme jiù chéngle nèi lù zuìdà de qiáo xiāng?" 不沿海、无地利，天门怎么就成了内陆最大的侨乡？ [With no coastal location and no favorable geographical location, how could Tianmen become the largest hometown of overseas Chinese in the interior?]. Sohu (in Chinese). 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
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7. ^ 天门市行政区划分布图 (in Simplified Chinese). Tianmen People's Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017. 多宝镇 拖市镇 张港镇 蒋湖 蒋场镇 渔薪镇 佛子山镇 汪场镇 黄潭镇 岳口镇 石家河镇 天门高新[区？] 彭市镇 竟陵街道办 横林镇 小板镇 杨林街道办 九真镇 麻洋镇 皂市镇 马湾镇 卢市镇 {blank} 天门工业园 胡市镇 干驿镇 净潭乡
8. ^ 天门市历史沿革 [Historical Development of Tianmen City] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2017. 2010年第六次人口普查，天门市常住总人口1418913人，其中：竟陵街道169734人，天门经济开发区管委会33768人，杨林街道28208人，多宝镇71908人，拖市镇58347人，张港镇76305人，蒋场镇39989人，汪场镇39225人，渔薪镇56915人，黄潭镇50754人，岳口镇88095人，横林镇63621人，彭市镇52070人，麻洋镇48023人，多祥镇62396人，干驿镇46601人，马湾镇36632人，卢市镇55895人，小板镇32630人，九真镇72608人，皂市镇68272人，胡市镇30211人，石河镇50171人，佛子山镇33154人，净潭乡27855人，蒋湖农场18827人，白茅湖农场6515人，沉湖管委会184人。 全市现辖3个街道、21个镇、1个乡：竟陵街道、侨乡街道、杨林街道、多宝镇、拖市镇、张港镇、蒋场镇、汪场镇、渔薪镇、黄潭镇、岳口镇、横林镇、彭市镇、麻洋镇、多祥镇、干驿镇、马湾镇、卢市镇、小板镇、九真镇、皂市镇、胡市镇、石河镇、佛子山镇、净潭乡。
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10. ^ 打造"石家河文化"品牌 天门石河镇更名为石家河镇 (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 10 November 2016. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017. 昨从天门市民政局获悉，省民政厅日前正式批复：经省政府批准，同意天门市石河镇更名为石家河镇。
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