Wuhan Central China: An Incredible And Busy City.

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Wuhan city.

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province, in central China, its a major industrial complex and an inland port at the confluence of the Han and Yangzi rivers.

The port is accessible to ocean-going vessels. One of the largest cities in the country, Wuhan is a major industrial centre of eastern China. The integrated iron and steel complex at nearby Wukang, is one of the largest of its type in China, and supports a variety of factories, whose products include heavy machinery, rail equipment, and motor vehicles. Other goods manufactured include glass, chemicals, textiles, paper, and aluminium. The surrounding plain is covered with lakes, two of which are Lake Liangzi and Lake Zhangdu.

Wuhan was formed in 1950 when three cities.Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang.were combined into one administrative unit. Wuhan is a contraction of the cities' names, which retained their individual identities.
Hankou, the commercial centre and largest of the three, occupies the north-western quadrant, lying west of the Yangzi and north of the Han River. Hanyang, the smallest of the three and a manufacturing and residential section, lies west of the Yangzi and south of the Han River.

Wuchang, the administrative and educational centre and the provincial capital, is on the east bank of the Yangzi. Wuhan University, in Wuchang, is the principal institute of higher education. Landmarks include the Yangzi River Bridge, connecting Hanyang and Wuchang; East Lake (Tong Hu).

One of China's largest lakes, with many historical attractions. Tortoise Hill (in Hanyang); and Xiang, the Pagoda, made famous by Tang dynasty (618-906) poets and restored several times since it was built in the 3rd century. Wuchang is also the site of the Mao Zedong Peasant Movement Institute and has monuments commemorating the Republican Revolution of 1911.

Wuchang, a capital of the Wu kingdom in the 3rd century, is the oldest of Wuhan's component cities. Hanyang was founded during the Sui dynasty (589-618); and Hankou, then known as Hsia-k'ou, during the Song dynasty (960-1279). Hankou became the leading commercial centre of central China and was opened as a treaty port in 1861. The revolution leading to the creation of the Republic of China in 1912 began in Wuchang in 1911. Modern industrialization started in the late 19th century and accelerated after 1949, stimulated by construction of the bridge over the Yangzi (1957), the integrated iron and steel complex (1956-1959), and an industrial aluminium plant (1971). Population: urban agglomeration 4.30 million (1996).

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