Shamu: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Hubei
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Coordinates: 30.1063° N, 115.9730° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 1,091 km (678 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Jiujiang Lushan Airport (JIU): 72 km (45 mi), straight line
• Ezhou Huahu International Airport (EHU): 93 km (58 mi), straight line
• Anqing Tianzhushan Airport / Anqing North Air Base (AQG): 116 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Dushan: 7.4 km (4.6 mi)
• Wuzu: 8.2 km (5.1 mi)
• Kuzhu: 8.5 km (5.3 mi)
• Huangmei: 11 km (7 mi)
• Tingqian: 12 km (7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Jiujiang, 45 km (28 mi)