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The name "Wuhan" comes from the two major cities on the banks of the Yangtze River that make up the Wuhan metropolis: "Wu" refers to the city of Wuchang (Chinese: 武昌), which lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze, while "Han" refers to the city of Hankou (Chinese: 汉口), which lies on the northern bank of the Yangtze.
all Prefecture-controlled city (PC-City) → County-level city (CL-City) 1983-08-19: Xiaogan Prefecture: Wuhan (PL-City) transferred: ↳ Huangpi County: ↳ Huangpi County: transferred Huanggang Prefecture: Wuhan (PL-City) transferred ↳ Xinzhou County: ↳ Xinzhou County: transferred Xiangyang Prefecture: Xiangfan (PL-City) merged into: Sui ...
This is a list of all counties (including autonomous counties, autonomous banners, and banners) along with county-level cities (Chinese: 县级市; pinyin: xianjí shì) and city districts (Chinese: (市辖)区; pinyin: (shìxiá) qū). The list goes by province name, then ascending division code. Note that some numbers are skipped as those ...
Because of this, prefecture-level cities often overlap in area with county-level cities. Four cities are centrally administered municipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing (32.05 million [ 3 ] ), Shanghai (24.87 million [ 3 ] ), Beijing (21.89 million [ 3 ] ), and Tianjin (13.87 million [ 3 ] ).
Hubei is divided into thirteen prefecture-level divisions (of which there are twelve prefecture-level cities (including a sub-provincial city) and one autonomous prefecture), as well as three directly administered county-level cities (all sub-prefecture-level cities) and one directly administered county-level forestry area. At the end of 2017 ...
In 1912, the Wuchang prefecture was abolished and a new Wuchang county (just next to the Wuchang county in the Ezhou city) was created. In 1926 the Wuchang town was promoted to a city, and merged with Hankou and Hanyang to form a new city named Wuhan. Map including Wuchang (labeled WU-CH'ANG 武昌) (1953)
Hannan District (simplified Chinese: 汉南 区; traditional Chinese: 漢南 區; pinyin: Hànnán Qū) is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the least-populous of Wuhan's districts, [4] and is situated on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River.
Qingshan District (simplified Chinese: 青山区; traditional Chinese: 青山區; pinyin: Qīngshān Qū; lit. 'azure mountain') forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China.