See Shashi for namesakes
| Shashi | |
| Native Name: | 沙市区 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Other Name: | Shasi |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | Hubei |
| Pushpin Label: | Shashi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hubei |
| Coordinates: | 30.3161°N 112.2519°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Shashi Zhongshan Park (Chinese: 沙市市中山公园) |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hubei |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jingzhou |
| Seat Type: | District seat |
| Seat: | Chongwen Subdistrict |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 522.75 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 563398 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Shashi is a district within the main urban area of Jingzhou, Hubei province, China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Yichang and Wuhan.
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".[2] 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.[3]
Shashi District administers 6 subdistricts and 4 towns:[4]
The Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Shashi or Shasi / Shasien(sis) (Latin adjective) was established on 7 July 1936, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Yichang (now a diocese), bordering on that, on the dioceses Hanyang and Puqi and on the Apostolic prefecture of Lixian.
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 :