- Yingcheng District
Yingcheng (
longitude :113° 34'latitude :30° 57') (area code 0712,postal code 432400) is aCounty-level City in centralHubei Province which covers 1103.38km2 and has a population of 670,000. Yingcheng is 96 kilometers fromWuhan , via theNational Highway 107 and the Wuhan-Yichang Road. Yingcheng was one of the first places inChina to discover and exploitgypsum -- a keymineral used forsculpting ,building ,agriculture ,pharmaceuticals , and thechemical andfood sectors. The city's provengypsum reserves amount to 1.6 billion tons. It is also home to the famous Golden Eagle brandmotorcycle .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.