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Tianmen

Tianmen () is a sub-prefecture-level city (sometimes considered a county-level city) in central Hubei Province, China.

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Settlement.name: Tianmen
Settlement.other_name: Tienmen
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Settlement.image_skyline: 天门南站进站大厅.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Tianmen South Station Entrance Hall
Settlement.image_map: Location of Tianmen within Hubei (China).png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tianmen City jurisdiction in Hubei
Settlement.mapsize: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_map: China Hubei
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city centre in Hubei
Settlement.subdivision_type: country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hubei
Settlement.unit_pref: metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2622
Settlement.population_total: 1,105,800
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022

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Official name: 竟陵县
Population: 1158640
Area: 2612.42
Elevation: 32
Official website: www.tianmen.gov.cn
Image: 天门南站进站大厅.jpg

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postal code: 431700
Commons category: Tianmen

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Tianmen () 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 northeast of Jingzhou (a famous city in Chinese history). Formerly known as Jingling (), 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.