Wuhan
capital city of Hubei Province, China
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Summary
Wuhan is a sub-province-level division[1]. Wuhan draws 12,748 Wikipedia views per month (sub province level division category, ranking #7 of 14).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], World Tourism Cities Federation[4], Wetland City Network[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hubei[6]
- Country: People's Republic of China[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Yangtze[8]
- Head of government: Cheng Yongwen[9]
- Instance of: big city[10], human settlement[11], prefecture-level city[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Jiang'an District[13], Jianghan District[14], Qiaokou District[15], Hanyang District[16], Wuchang District[17], Qingshan District[18], Hongshan District[19], Dongxihu District[20], Hannan District[21], Caidian District[22], Jiangxia District[23], Huangpi District[24], Xinzhou District[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Duisburg[26], Galați[27], Kyiv[28], Khartoum[29], Oita[30], Bordeaux[31], Manchester[32], Christchurch[33], Ashdod[34], Arnhem[35], St. Pölten[36], Pittsburgh[37], Bangkok[38], St. Louis[39]
- Legislative body: Wuhan Municipal people's Congress[40]
- Postal code: 430000[41]
- Part of: Hubei[42]
- Commons category: Wuhan[43]
- Licence plate code: 鄂A[44]
- Local dialing code: 027[45]
- Inception: 1500[46]
- Coordinate location: 30.595, 114.2975[47]
- Official website: http://www.wuhan.gov.cn[48]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wuhan[49]
- Commons gallery: Wuhan[50]
- Population: 11,212,000[51]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Wuhan include Wuhan Tianhe International Airport[52], an international airport[53], in People's Republic of China[54], founded in 1995[55].
Why It Matters
Wuhan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Wuhan is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Wuhan include Wuhan Tianhe International Airport[52], an international airport[53], in People's Republic of China[54], founded in 1995[55].