Shashi District
- See Shashi for namesakes
| Shashi 沙市区 | |
|---|---|
| District | |
  Shashi Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates: 30°18′58″N 112°15′07″E / 30.31611°N 112.25194°ECoordinates: 30°18′58″N 112°15′07″E / 30.31611°N 112.25194°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Jingzhou |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 520,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Shashi (Chinese: 沙市; pinyin: Shāshì) is a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Yichang and Wuhan, and has a population of around 520,000.
History
- Shashi was founded during the warring states period as an extension of the Chu capital Ying, 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 the Treaty of Shimonoseki (17 April 1895, which also ended Chinese imperial claims to Korea). The treaty port grew rapidly into because of this, gaining the moniker of "Little Hankow".[1] 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.[2]
Ecclesiastical History
The Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi 沙市 (中文) or Shasi / Shasien(sis) (Latin adjective) was established on 7 July 1936, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang 宜昌 (now a diocese), bordering on that, on the dioceses Hanyang 漢陽 and Puqi 蒲圻 and on the Apostolic prefecture of Lixian 澧縣.
It is a (dormant?) pre-diocesan Latin jurisdiction, which is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See and it missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, not part of any ecclesiastical province. No statistics available.
It is indefinitely vacant, without Apostolic administrator, since the death of its sole incumbent as Apostolic Prefect of Shashi :
- Father Julian Edward Dillon (狄隆), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born USA) (1936.07.11 – death 1961.06.25).
See also
References
- ↑ "荆州 一个几乎被遗忘的"楚国故都"". Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "中華人民共和國行政區劃（1994年）". Retrieved 13 January 2016.