Shashi District


Shashi is a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the left bank of the Yangtze River, between Yichang and Wuhan.

History

In 1994 it lost its status as a city and was combined with Jingzhou to form Jingsha city.

Administrative divisions

Five subdistricts:
Four towns:
The only township is Lixin Township

Ecclesiastical History

The Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi or Shasi / Shasien was established on 7 July 1936, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang, bordering on that, on the dioceses Hanyang and Puqi and on the Apostolic prefecture of Lixian.
It is a 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 :