Wuhan Facts for Kids

Wuhan now

Wuhan in 1930s

Wuhan (Chinese: 武汉) is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the city with most people in Central China. It is at the east of the Jianghan Plain, where the Yangtze and Han rivers meet. Joining three nearby cities, Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang, Wuhan is a center of transportation, with many railways, roads and expressways passing through. Because of its important role in transportation, Wuhan was sometimes called the "Chicago of China." It is also recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, and educational center of central China.

The city of Wuhan, first called so in 1927, has 10,020,000 people (as at 2011). In the 1920s, Wuhan was the national capital of a Kuomintang (KMT) government led by Wang Jingwei when he was against Chiang Kai-shek, and it was also the capital in 1937.

In December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan.

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Yellow Crane Tower
Wuhan in 1864
Wuchang Uprising Memorial, the original site of revolutionary government in 1911
The gunboat Zhongshan
Chiang Kai-Shek inspecting Chinese soldiers in Wuhan as Japanese forces approach the city
People's Liberation Army troops at Zhongshan Avenue, Hankou on May 16, 1949
In his poem "Swimming" (1956), engraved on the 1954 Flood Memorial in Wuhan, Mao Zedong envisions "walls of stone" to be erected upstream.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Map including the Wuhan area (AMS, 1953)
Hongshan District
The main gate of Wuhan Municipal Party Committee
A night sight near a modern shopping mall in Hongshan District
A tram in University Science Park Station
Tianhe Airport Terminal 3
Happy Valley Wuhan amusement park
Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, made in 433 BC, now on display at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan
Wuhan National Laboratories for Opto-electronics (WNLO), Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Tortoise Mountain TV Tower
Doupi on the left and Re-gan mian on the right
Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge
Second bridge
Wuhan Center, tallest building in Wuhan since 2014
Li Na, a former professional tennis player and two-time Grand Slam champion, serving at Wimbledon 2008, 1st round against Anastasia Rodionova
Baotong Buddhist Temple
Gude Buddhist Temple
Thanksgiving Protestant Church
Holy Family Catholic Church
Dazhimen Railway Station, out of use currently
Wuchang Railway Station
Hankou Railway Station
Wuhan Railway Station
Platform view of Wuhan Railway Station
Wuhan Metro Line 4
Wuhan Metro Line 1
Train Interior of Wuhan Metro Line 7
Taipingyang Station
Huangpu Road Station

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