Dangyang

Also known as Dangyang City

Dangyang () is a city in western Hubei province, People's Republic of China, lying east of the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze River. During the Western Han dynasty (206–24 BC). Emperor Jing of Han established an administration in Dangyang on an area of . In 1988 the State Council of the People's Republic of China elevated this from a county to a county-level city, and is currently under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichang.

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Settlement.name: Dangyang
Settlement.other_name: Tangyang
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: 当阳玉泉寺.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Dangyang Yuquan Temple
Settlement.image_map: Administrative Division Yichang.png
Settlement.map_caption: Dangyang is the easternmost division on this map of Yichang
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Hubei
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Hubei
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hubei
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Yichang
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2038
Settlement.population_total: 397,465

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Wikidata facts

Official name: 当阳县
Population: 397465
Area: 2149.69
Official website: www.hbdy.gov.cn
Image: 当阳火车站 12.JPG

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postal code: 444100
Commons category: Dangyang

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Dangyang used to be a strategic point in ancient wars. Sun Bin and Pang Juan, two famous strategists of the Warring States period (475–221 BC) studied military affairs from Gui Guzi at Daxian Cave in Dangyang. The Green Woods Uprising was launched in Dangyang and several battles were fought in Dangyang during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220–280).