Capital of Hubei Province

The capital of Hubei Province: Wuhan.

Wuhan, referred to as Han, is the capital of Hubei Province. It is the only sub-provincial city among the six central provinces, the central city in central China, and an important industrial base, science and education base and comprehensive transportation hub in the country. Wuhan is located in the eastern part of the Jianghan Plain and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. As of the end of 2015, the city has jurisdiction over 13 municipal districts and 3 national-level development zones, with a total area of ??8,594 square kilometers. The city's permanent population is 10.6077 million, and the urbanization rate is 79.3. The world's third largest river, the Yangtze River, and its largest tributary, the Han River, run through the center of the city, dividing the central urban area of ??Wuhan into three, forming a pattern of three towns, Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang, across the river. The poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty wrote here "Huang The jade flute is played in the crane tower, and plum blossoms fall in May in the river city." Therefore, Wuhan has also been called Jiangcheng since ancient times. Wuhan is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces. It is located at the cross-shaped intersection of the Yangtze River, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and the Shanghai-Chengdu Economic Belt. It is the country's first transportation hub pilot city approved by the State Council. Its high-speed rail network connects most of China and is an important large-scale transfer station and an important inland river port in China's railway system. Wuhan is a national historical and cultural city. As early as the Neolithic Age, 6,000 years ago, ancestors were already living here. The Panlong City ruins in the eastern suburbs were built in the Shang Dynasty and have a history of about 3,500 years. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Han River that entered the river from the south of Guishan was diverted from the north of the mountain to the Yangtze River, thus forming the new town of Hankou and laying the geographical foundation for the three towns of Wuhan. The Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty stimulated the rise of Wuhan's industry and economic development, making Wuhan an important economic center in modern China. Wuhan is the birthplace of China's democratic revolution. As the beginning of the Revolution of 1911, the Wuchang Uprising is of historical significance. Wuhan is an important scientific research and education base in China. As of 2015, there are 98 colleges and universities in Han; among them, the number of general universities and undergraduate colleges is second only to Beijing, ranking second in China; the number of national key universities directly under the Ministry of Education ranks third in the country; the total number of undergraduates and graduate students is 1.0726 million people, ranking first in the country.