| Shimen County | |
| Other Name: | Shihmen |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hunan |
| Pushpin Label: | Shimen |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hunan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Changde |
| Area Total Km2: | 3970.13 |
| Population Total: | 559500 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 29.699°N 111.017°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Shimen County is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Changde.
Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and southwest by Taoyuan, Zili and Sangzhi Counties, to the west by Hefeng County of Hubei, to the north by Wufeng County of Hubei, to the east by Songzi City of Hubei, Li and Linli Counties. Shimen is a mountainous county located on the Wuling Mountains, Mount Huping (Chinese: 壶瓶山) which, at on the northwest of the county, is the highest point of Hunan.[1] Shimen is also the home of the Tujia people, the descendant of Chinese ancient Ba People, the Tujia people shares 50.9％ of the population in the county.[2]
The county has an area of with 669,741 of registered population and 601,100 of permanent population (as of 2015).[3] It is divided into 19 towns and townships, five units of State-owned farms (as of 2016).[4] [5]
According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Shimen County on January, 2016 and May 29, 2015, Shimen County has four subdistricts, 11 towns, six townships and management area of five state-owned farms under its jurisdiction.[6] [7] they are: