Shashi 沙市区 Shasi | |
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 Jingzhou Wanshou Pagoda | |
  Shashi Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates (Shashi Zhongshan Park (沙市市中山公园)):30°18′58″N112°15′07″E / 30.31611°N 112.25194°E /30.31611; 112.25194 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Jingzhou |
| District seat | Chongwen Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 522.75 km2 (201.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 563,398 |
| • Density | 1,077.8/km2 (2,791.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Shashi (Chinese:沙市;pinyin:Shāshì) is adistrict within the main urban area ofJingzhou,Hubei province, China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of theYangtze River, betweenYichang andWuhan.
Shashi was founded during theWarring States period as an extension of theChu capitalYing, its port on the Yangtze.
In modern history it is notable as one of the four ports specified to be opened to the Empire of Japan in theTreaty of Shimonoseki (17 April 1895, which also ended Chinese imperial claims to Korea). Thetreaty port grew rapidly into because of this, gaining the moniker of "Little Hankow".[2] Nonetheless, the opening of other coastal ports led to trade moving elsewhere and it gradually declined.
In 1994 it lost its status as a city and was combined with Jingzhou to form Jingsha city.[3]
Shashi District administers 6 subdistricts and 4 towns:[4]
The Roman CatholicApostolic Prefecture of Shashi or Shasi / Shasien(sis) (Latin adjective) was established on 7 July 1936, on territory split off from the thenApostolic Vicariate of Yichang (now a diocese), bordering on that, on the diocesesHanyang andPuqi and on theApostolic prefecture of Lixian.
It is a (dormant?) pre-diocesan Latin jurisdiction, which is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See and it missionaryRoman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, not part of anyecclesiastical province. No statistics available.
It is indefinitely vacant, withoutApostolic administrator, since the death of its sole incumbent asApostolic Prefect of Shashi :
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