'old river mouth') is a county-level city in the northwest of Hubei province, People's Republic of China.

The entire county-level city has an area of 1,032 square kilometres (398 sq mi) and a population of 490,000 (2002).

Before the Communist Revolution, the city was the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Laohekou.

The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 2.9 °C (37.2 °F) in January to 27.4 °C (81.3 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 15.87 °C (60.6 °F).

With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 33% in January to 46% in August, the city receives 1,762 hours of bright sunshine annually; January thru March is the cloudiest period of the year.