ChibiCityislocatedontheconfluenceofprovincesHunanandHubeiandinWuhanCityCircle,whichisadministrativelyacounty–levelcityofXianning,HubeiProvince
soitiscalledtheSouthernGateofHubeiProvince
ChibiwasoriginallynamedPuqifrom223AD
(ThreeKingdomPeriod)until1998,whentheStateCouncilapprovedtherenamingtoChibitotiethecitysinceitusedtobeafamousbattlefield
Itpossessesapopulationof520,000ina1723squarekilometers’land
Thetransportationtothecityisveryconvenient
BesidestheJinzhuExpressway,theNo
107Nationalhighwaycutsthroughit,andthefamousYangtzeRiverflowsacrossit
Also,theBeijingGuangzhouHighspeedRailLineaswellasBeijingGuangzhourailwayrunsacrosstheancientcity
Itgainsgoodreputationslikethehomeoftea,thehomeoframie,thehomeofbamboo,thehomeofChineseKiwifruitandalandoffishandrice
Asatourismpearlcity,Chibiancientbatt