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Wuhan is a major city in the world by scientific research outputs and it ranks 9th globally and 5th in the Asia-Pacific & China (after Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangzhou). [28] In 2017, Wuhan was designated as a Creative City by UNESCO, in the field of design. [29]
The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2012 identified 13 megalopolises: Chang-Zhu-Tan (Greater Changsha), Chengdu, Chongqing, Greater Beijing i.e. Jing-Jin-Ji, Greater Shanghai (incl. Suzhou), Greater Xi'an, Greater Zhengzhou, Greater Guangzhou, Hefei economic circle (incl. Lu'an, Huainan, Chaohu), Shandong Peninsula, Greater Shenyang, Shenzhen and Wuhan.
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]
City Urban Population [4] (2010, in millions) Province-level Division Image 1 Shanghai: 28.2 Shanghai 2 Shenzhen: 21.7 Guangdong 3 Guangzhou: 21.0 Guangdong: 4 Beijing: 19.2 Beijing 5 Wuhan: 12.6 Hubei: 6 Tianjin: 11.6 Tianjin 7 Chengdu: 11.3 Sichuan: 8 Chongqing: 11.1 Chongqing 9 Hangzhou: 9.3 Zhejiang: 10 Nanjing: 8.3 Jiangsu: 11 Xi'an: 7.8 ...
Street map of Wuhan showing East Lake and Shahu Lake: the Chu River and Han Street development is located between these two lakes. Chu River and Han Street (Chinese: 楚河汉街; pinyin: Chǔhé Hànjiē) is a street and a river in Wuhan, which is developed as a project of the Phase 1 of Wuhan Central Cultural Zone.
Map of China. This is a list of places in China which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
In 1927 Wuhan became the seat of a government established by left-wing elements of the Kuomintang, led by Wang Jingwei; this government later merged into Chiang Kai-shek's government in Nanjing. During World War II the eastern parts of Hubei were conquered and occupied by Japan, while the western parts remained under Chinese control. [citation ...
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)