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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. "Hankou" means ...
Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [10] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas. [11]
Map of Wuhan with Fourth Ring Road in blue. The Fourth Ring Road (Chinese: 武汉四环线; pinyin: Wǔhàn Sānhuánxiàn; literally: "Wuhan Fourth Ring Line"), is an under construction 146-kilometer (91 mi)-long ring expressway. Construction of the western section between State Road 107 and the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development ...
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 ] ).
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)
The prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province, China, has a long and rich history that dates back over 3,500 years.Starting out from the Shang dynasty-era archaeological site at Panlongcheng associated with Erligang culture, the region would become part of the E state and Chu state during the Zhou dynasty.
In China, a national central city (国家中心城市) is a municipality or city with regional, national, and international importance. There are nine national central cities: Beijing , Tianjin , Chongqing , Shanghai , Guangzhou , Chengdu , Wuhan , Xi'an , and Zhengzhou .
Wuhan is the city that has the largest college student population in the world (1.3 million) studying in its 89 universities. ... Google Maps Hubei This page was last ...