Ezhou City, formerly known as Wu Du, ancient Wuchang, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is located in the eastern part of Hubei Province, bordering with Wuhan City in the west and Huangshi City in the southeast, bordering the Yangtze River in the north, and Wuhan City and Huanggang City across the river from west to east respectively, with a total area of 1,596 square kilometers. Ezhou City belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average temperature of 17℃. As of October 2022, Ezhou City has three districts under its jurisdiction. The people's government of Ezhou City is located in Echeng District.At the end of 2022, the resident population of Ezhou City was 1,071,200 people.
Ezhou city, emperor yao time for "fan country", Xia time for "Edu", Yin Shang time for "E Guo", Spring and Autumn and Warring States period for "Chu E king fiefdom "In May 14, 1949, Ezhou City was liberated, and in 1983, Ezhou City and Ezhou County were abolished, and Huangzhou Town of Huanggang County was merged into it, and Ezhou City was established under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. Ezhou city has convenient transportation and has formed a transportation network consisting of highway, railroad, aviation and water transportation. 1992, Ezhou city and Sanjo city of Japan, Abengourou city of Côte d'Ivoire in Africa and Waiala city of Australia have formed a friendship city.
Ezhou City has been awarded as "National Digital City Construction Demonstration City, China Wuchang Fish Gourmet Hometown, National Greening Model City, China Express Demonstration City, National Sanitary City, National Advanced City in Legal Publicity and Education, National Garden City, National Ecological Demonstration Zone, Central China's Best Investment City, "Broadband China" Demonstration City, China's Excellent City. " model city, China's excellent tourist city, national civilized city, national advanced city for minors' ideological and moral construction work" and other honorary titles.
In 2022, Ezhou city accomplished a gross regional product of 126.455 billion yuan, and the per capita gross regional product was 118,133 yuan.