Qianjiang District (simplified Chinese: 黔江区; traditional Chinese: 黔江區; pinyin: Qiánjiāng Qū), formerly Qianjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, is a district (formerly an autonomous county), in the southeastern part of Chongqing, China, bordering Hubei province to the east and northeast.

While it is governed as a district, in practice Qianjiang is its own city proper far removed from the urban centre of Chongqing.

[citation needed] Qianjiang is nicknamed "The Throat of Sichuan and Hubei" (川鄂咽喉) because it sits on the intersection of Sichuan-Hubei and Sichuan-Hunan Roads.

[citation needed] Qianjiang District has a permanent population of 487,281, per the 2020 Chinese census, the majority of which is ethnically Tujia.

[1] According to the district government, humanoid activity in the region date back to approximately 600,000 years ago.

[2] The district government claims the area was incorporated into the Xia dynasty as Liang Prefecture (Chinese: 梁州).

[2] In 140 BCE, during the Western Han period, Fuling County [zh] was established under the Ba Commandery.

[2] In 565 CE, local ethnic leader Tian Sihe (Chinese: 田思鹤), effectively incorporated much of the land in the area into the Northern Zhou.

[citation needed] In 618 CE, during the Tang dynasty, Shicheng County was re-established and became part of Qian Prefecture (黔州).

[citation needed] In 1228, during the Southern Song dynasty period, Qianjiang County was moved to the jurisdiction of Shaoqing Fu [zh].

[2] In 1935, Qianjiang County was placed under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Administrative Region (第八行政督察区) of Sichuan Province, also known as Youyang Special District (酉阳专署).

[2] Shizhu, Xiushan, Pengshui and Youyang remain autonomous counties, and are governed by Chongqing directly as well.

[citation needed] As of 2001, the district contained 3 sub-districts, 12 townships, 15 towns, and 489 village committees.