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Wuhan (Simplified
Chinese: ;
Traditional Chinese: ;
pinyin: Wh�n) is
the capital of
Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central
China. It lies at the east of Jianghan Plain,and the
intersection of the middle reaches of the
Yangtze and
Han River. Arising out of the conglomeration of three
boroughs,
Wuchang,
Hankou, and
Hanyang, Wuhan is known as the "thoroughfare of nine
provinces"; it is a major transportation hub, with dozens of
railways, roads and expressways passing through the city.The
city of Wuhan, first termed as such in
1927, has a population of approximately 9,100,000 people
(2006),
with about 6,100,000 residents in its
metropolitan area. In the
1920s, Wuhan was the capital of a leftist
Kuomintang (KMT) government led by
Wang Jingwei in opposition to
Chiang Kai-shek, now Wuhan is recognized as the
political, economic, financial, cultural, educational and
transportation center of central China.
Wuhan is situated in the middle of
Hubei Province of China, East Longitude 113�41′-115�05′,
North Latitude 29�58′-31�22′.the east of Jianghan Plain, and
the confluence of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River
and Hanshui River.
The metropolitan area comprises three parts -
Wuchang,
Hankou, and
Hanyang, commonly called the "Three Towns of Wuhan"
(hence the name "Wuhan", combining "Wu" from the first city
and "Han" from the other two). The consolidation of these
three cities occurred in 1927 and Wuhan was thereby
established. These three parts face each other across the
rivers and are linked by bridges, including one of the first
modern bridges in China, known as the "First Bridge". It is
simple in geographical structure - low and flat in the
middle and hilly in the south, with the Yangtze and Han
rivers winding through the city.
Wuhan occupies a land of 8494.41km2, most of which is
plain and decorated with hills and a great number of lakes
and pools. Wuhan's climate is a subtropical monsoon one with
abundant rainfall and distinctive four seasons. Climate here
is pleasant generally. In recent thirty years, the average
annual rainfall is 1269mm, mainly from June to August;
annual temperature is 15.8℃-17.5℃, annual frost free period
lasts 211 to 272 days and annual sunlight duration is 1810
to 2100 hours.
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