Shimen County

Shimen County 石门县 Shihmen
County
Location of Shimen County within Changde
Shimen Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 29°41′56″N 111°01′01″E / 29.699°N 111.017°E / 29.699; 111.017[1]
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changde
Area
• Total	3,970.13 km2 (1,532.88 sq mi)
Population
• Total	559,500
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.shimen.gov.cn

Shimen County (simplified Chinese: 石门县; traditional Chinese: 石門縣; pinyin: Shímén Xiàn) is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde.

Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and southwest by Taoyuan, Zili and Sangzhi Counties, to the west by Hefeng County of Hubei, to the north by Wufeng County of Hubei, to the east by Songzi City of Hubei, Li and Linli Counties. Shimen is a mountainous county located on the Wuling Mountains, Mount Huping (壶瓶山) which, at 2,098.7 metres (6,885 ft) on the northwest of the county, is the highest point of Hunan.^[2] Shimen is also the home of the Tujia people, the descendant of Chinese ancient Ba People, the Tujia people shares 50.9％ of the population in the county.^[3]

The county has an area of 3,973 kilometres (2,469 mi) with 669,741 of registered population and 601,100 of permanent population (as of 2015).^[4] It is divided into 19 towns and townships, five units of State-owned farms (as of 2016).^[5][6]