Jingmen is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It lies within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted.
The city covers an area of 12,400 square kilometers and has a total population of more than 3 million; the prefecture's population is 2,873,687, while the urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 400,000. Its maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 155 kilometers and its maximum vertical distance from north to south is 131 kilometers.
Jingmen takes its name from its position in ancient times as the gateway to Jingzhou, one of the Nine Provinces; the name means literally "Gateway to Jingzhou."