Wuhan: Caipital ceety o Hubei Province, Chinae

Wuhan (simplifeed Cheenese: 武汉; traditeeonal Cheenese: 武漢; pinyin: Wǔhàn; Mandarin pronunciation:   (help·info)) is the caipital o Hubei province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an is the maist populous ceety in central Cheenae.

It lies at the east o Jianghan Plain, an the intersection o the middle reaches o the Yangtze an Han River. Arisin oot o the conglomeration o three boroughs, Wuchang, Hankou, an Hanyang, Wuhan is kent as "the nine provinces' leadin thoroughfare"; it is a major transportation hub, wi dozens of railways, roads an expressways passin throu the ceety. The ceety o Wuhan, first termed as sic in 1927, haes a population o approximately 9,100,000 fowk (2006), wi aboot 6,100,000 residents in its urban aurie. In the 1920s, Wuhan wis the caipital o a leftist Kuomintang (KMT) govrenment led bi Wang Jingwei in opposition tae Chiang Kai-shek, nou Wuhan is recognised as the poleetical, economic, financial, cultural, educational an transportation centre o central Cheenae.

Wuhan

武汉市
Sub-provincial ceety
Frae tap: Wuhan an the Yangtze River, Yellae Crane Tower, Wuhan Custom Hoose, an Wuhan Yangtze River Brig
Frae tap: Wuhan an the Yangtze River, Yellae Crane Tower, Wuhan Custom Hoose, an Wuhan Yangtze River Brig
Location o Wuhan Ceety jurisdiction in Hubei
Location o Wuhan Ceety jurisdiction in Hubei
Wuhan is located in Cheenae
Wuhan
Wuhan
Location in Cheenae
Coordinates: 30°35′N 114°17′E / 30.583°N 114.283°E / 30.583; 114.283 114°17′E / 30.583°N 114.283°E / 30.583; 114.283
KintraFowkrepublic o Cheenae
ProvinceHubei
Coonty-level diveesions13
Tounship diveesions153
Settled1500 BC
Govrenment
 • CPC WuhanRuan Chengfa (阮成发)
 • MayorTang Liangzhi (唐良智)
Area
 • Total8494.41 km2 (3,279.71 sq mi)
Elevation
37 m (121 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total10,220,000
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
 2013
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Staundart)
Postal code
430000–430400
Area code(s)0027
GDP2013
 - TotCNY 905 billion
USD 144 billion (9t)
 - Per capitaCNY 89,000
USD 14,240 (11t)
 - GrowthIncrease 10.1%
License plate prefixesA
O (police and authorities)
Websitewww.wuhan.gov.cn

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Wuhan is twinned wi:

Wuhan: Caipital ceety o Hubei Province, Chinae 
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References

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