Enshi

Enshi (恩施) is a diverse city in the southwest of Hubei Province. A political, economic and cultural center and transportation hub. It is an excellent tourist city in China, the national garden city, one of the nine major historical and cultural cities in Hubei province, and also City of Selenium.

Understand
The population of the Enshi area is around 4 million. The city is home to some 891,000 residents (2022) from 45 ethnic groups, including the Tujia, Miao and Dong. 41% of the city's people are members of ethnic minorities.

Climate
Enshi City has a mid-latitude subtropical humid climate. The mountains and rivers in the territory are interwoven, and the height is wide, resulting in the redistribution of light, heat, and water, constituting a complex climate and colorful climate resources, showing the zonation of vertical climate and the particularity of local climate. The main feature is that the temperature gradually decreases with the increase of the terrain, and the humidity gradually increases.

Annual rainfall is concentrated in May to August. The city's low mountain climate is mild, with four distinct seasons, rain and wind, the frost-free period is long. High mountains have mild summer, cold winter, late spring, and early autumn, wet and rainy. The Alpine frost-free period is short, cold and humid, especially in the area above 1600 meters above sea level, winter is long without summer, spring and autumn are connected, foggy and cold. Every spring, in some places can be seen "peach blossom mountain snow" natural landscape.

Talk
Southwest Mandarin, also known as Shangjiang Mandarin, is spoken locally.

Get around

 *  By bus: Enshi city bus is very convenient and comfortable, there are 29 lines, there are car TVs in the cars, the use of voice station announcements, the implementation of unmanned ticket sales, Enshi No.1 bus ticket price of ¥1.5, Enshi air-conditioned car ticket price of ¥2/person, other bus ticket price of ¥1. Due to the small size of the city, most bus routes in Enshi are relatively short and have fewer stops.
 * Lichuan South Gate Bus Terminal is the local short-distance bus terminal, mainly to the scenic spots in Lichuan and surrounding counties and cities.


 *  By taxi: Taxi fares start at ¥5, and night (23:00-06:00) start at ¥6.
 *  By bicycle: Shared bicycles are available across downtown and major towns in counties.

See

 * 恩施大峡谷4 - panoramio.jpg
 * Tujia girls' town 08.jpg
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 * Tujia girls' town 08.jpg
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Festivals

 * Tujia girls' town 10.jpg

Connect

 * Area code: 0718
 * Postal code: 445000
 * Enshi: 0718-8463510
 * Lichuan City: 0718-7282235
 * Jianshi County: 0718-3232932
 * Badong County: 0718-4332367
 * Xuanen County: 0718-5831890
 * Xianfeng county: 0718-6833652
 * Laifeng county: 0718-6282359
 * Hefeng county: 0718-5282235
 * citizen service hotline 12345
 * consumer complaint reporting hotline 12315

Go next

 * Wuhan：The distance from Enshi to Wuhan is about 525 km. By car it usually takes a bit over 6 hours, by high-speed rail about two hours. The Yellow Crane Tower, as a landmark building in Wuhan, is worth visiting. Wuhan is very hot during the day in summer, so you can go to a museum or art gallery (remember to make an appointment in advance).
 * Huangguoshu dapubu.jpgou：The distance between Enshi and Guizhou is about 525 km, about 6 hours 30 minutes by car or two hours by high-speed rail. There are also flights, buses and slower cheaper trains. Guizhou has not only beautiful scenery but also many distinctive food.
 * Jiangxi：The distance from Enshi to Jiangxi is 868 km, and it takes 11 hours and 4 minutes by car and 6 hours by high-speed train.
 * Yichang；The distance from Enshi to Yichang is 242 km, and it takes 6 hours and 45 minutes by car and 2 hours and 14 minutes by high-speed train.