Xiantao (Chinese: 仙桃; pinyin: Xiāntáo) is a sub-prefecture-level city in the east of Hubei province, China. Located at the Jianghan Plain in the middle of Hubei province and spanning 112°55' – 113°49' east longitude and 30°04' – 30°32' north latitude, Xiantao City covers an area of 2,538 km2 (980 sq mi). Xiantao is the hometown of author Chi Li and entrepreneur Lei Jun.
History
Map including Xiantao (labeled as MIEN-YANG 沔陽) (1953)
As of 2006, the population of Xiantao was 1,480,100.[13] Of this, the urban population was 593,500 and the rural population was 886,600.[citation needed]
As of 2016, the population of Xiantao was 1.5635 million.[14]
^仙桃市历史沿革 [translation: The Historical Development of Xiaotao City] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2017. 2000年第五次人口普查，{...}下查埠镇37563人、{...}2004年末，仙桃市面积2538平方千米，{...}2010年第六次人口普查，仙桃市常住总人口1175085人，其中：沙嘴街道72590人，干河街道147528人，龙华山办事处104160人，郑场镇45198人，毛嘴镇57563人，剅河镇61822人，三伏潭镇52571人，胡场镇54476人，长倘口镇74671人，西流河镇72471人，沙湖镇32465人，杨林尾镇57492人，彭场镇82724人，张沟镇58965人，郭河镇46312人，沔城回族镇17140人，通海口镇44935人，陈场镇55041人，仙桃工业园20070人，九合垸原种场3922人，沙湖原种场6784人，排湖渔场1748人，五湖渔场2049人，赵西垸林场429人，刘家垸林场1027人，畜禽良种场932人。
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