Maoping, Hubei
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Maoping
茅坪镇 | |
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 Maoping seen from the west | |
  Maoping Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates: 30°49′30″N 110°59′01″E / 30.82500°N 110.98361°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Yichang |
| County | Zigui |
| Village-level divisions | 4 residential communities, 18 villages[1] |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
• Total | 101,620 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Maoping (Chinese: 茅坪; pinyin: Máopíng) is a town in and the county seat of Zigui County, Yichang in the western part of Hubei province, China.[3] It is the county seat of Zigui County, and as such is labeled simply as "Zigui" (秭归) or "Zigui County" (秭归县) on most less-detailed maps.
The town is located on the right (southern) bank of the Yangtze, just upstream of the Three Gorges Dam, and offers a good view of the upstream side of the dam, as well as of an accessory dam which blocks off a valley on the southern side of the river from being flooded by the reservoir.
