Shiyan City, also known as Checheng and Truck Capital of China, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, located at latitude 31°30′~33°16′ north and longitude 109°29′~111°16′ east, in central China, northwestern Hubei Province, the upper and middle reaches of the Han River, and the Hanshui Valley of the Qinba Mountainous Region, with the Qinling Mountains in the north and the Bashan Mountains and Han River in the south, and with the Wudang Mountains traversing the entire area; as of 2023, the city has 8 county-level administrative districts and a total area of 23,680 square kilometers; as of the end of 2022, the household population was 3,392,100 people. administrative districts, with a total area of 23,680 square kilometers; as of the end of 2022, Shiyan had a household population of 3,392,100.
Shiyan City has a long history, one million years ago, there are ancient humans here, "Utopian man" discovery, change the origin of mankind's one-dimensional theory; for the use of water in the original Utopia Province in the original Utopia County Shiyan District, Shending River stopping the river to build 6 weirs, Huanglong District, Mendicant River stopping the river to build 4 weirs and so named. Shiyan City is known as the truck capital of China, "China's commercial vehicle capital", Wudang Mountain, Hanjiang River water, automobile city is Shiyan's three world-class business cards. Shiyan is a regional center city at the junction of E Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi and Chongqing, a core city of the ecological and cultural tourism circle in West Hubei, and one of the three major center cities in the Qinba Mountain area; its unique geographic location has made it known since ancient times as "South Spanning Jingxiang, North Pillow Shangluo, East Caressing Nanyang, and West Tucking Hanzhong," and "South Boat, North Horse, and the Throat of Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, Four provinces through the streets"; here is the South-to-North Water Diversion Project water transfer source Danjiangkou Reservoir location and the core water source area, known as the north of the "big wells", or the world cultural heritage of the famous Taoist shrine Wudang Mountain, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Company Limited headquarters is located; successively won the National Civilized City, National Civilized City, National Sanitary City, China Livable City, National Garden City, National Forest City and other honorary titles.
In 2023, Shiyan will realize a gross domestic product (GDP) of 235.903 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.