Get to know Xiaoting District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Yichang
- Chinese name
- 猇亭区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 118.52 km²
- Population · 2020
- 68,728
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
Stone tools from the Neolithic site at Majiaxi (马家溪) show people living here more than 5,000 years ago. The area was once called the western frontier of Chu (楚之西塞), and the Battle of Xiaoting (猇亭之战) of the Three Kingdoms period was fought here. Xiaoting is an old name for Gulaobei (古老背), which survives as the name of one of the three subdistricts.
In the Republican era most of the area belonged to Yidu County. In December 1982 the Gulaobei commune was transferred from Yidu to Zhijiang County (枝江县) and renamed after Xiaoting. An economic and technological development zone opened in January 1992, and the State Council approved Xiaoting District in March 1995.
Getting oriented
The district borders Yajueling (鸦鹊岭镇) in Yiling District (夷陵区) to the east, Baiyang (白洋镇) in Zhijiang to the south and Wujiagang District (伍家岗区) to the north. It is split into the Gulaobei, Yunchi (云池) and Huya (虎牙) subdistricts. Yichang Three Gorges Airport (三峡国际机场) and the Yunchi deep-water port are both inside it, and National Highway 318 and the Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway (沪渝高速) meet here.
The district government describes Xiaoting as a major industrial district. The Yichang city government lists Xingfa (兴发), GAC (广汽), Angel Yeast (安琪) and CSG Glass (南玻) among the companies based here. Xiaoting has a GAC Trumpchi (广汽传祺) vehicle plant and the main production base of Angel Yeast, and in 2023 it was named China's first "Organic Silicon Innovation Capital".
Sources for this guide
猇亭区情简介 - 区位优势 - 宜昌市猇亭区人民政府 · Xiaoting District People's Government, Yichang
历史沿革 - 历史沿革 - 宜昌市猇亭区人民政府 · Xiaoting District People's Government, Yichang
猇亭区行政区划 - 行政区划 - 宜昌市猇亭区人民政府 · Xiaoting District People's Government, Yichang
猇亭区 - 重点产业园区 - 宜昌市人民政府 · Yichang Municipal People's Government
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-24.
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Xiaoting District 猇亭区
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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