Ezhou lies to the southeast of Hubei Province, to the north Yangtze River, to the east of Han River, to the east of Wuhan, north to Henan Xinyang.

• 春秋时期，楚王封儿子熊红为鄂王，在此修筑鄂王城，湖北省的简称“鄂”由此而来；