Wuhan

Wuhan (simplifeed Cheenese: 武汉; traditeeonal Cheenese: 武漢; pinyin: Wǔhàn; Mandarin pronunciation: [wu˧˩xan˥˩] [Listen] ) is the caipital o Hubei province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an is the maist populous ceety in central Cheenae. It lies at the east o Jianghan Plain, an the intersection o the middle reaches o the Yangtze an Han River. Arisin oot o the conglomeration o three boroughs, Wuchang, Hankou, an Hanyang, Wuhan is kent as "the nine provinces' leadin thoroughfare"; it is a major transportation hub, wi dozens of railways, roads an expressways passin through the ceety. The ceety o Wuhan, first termed as such in 1927, haes a population o approximately 9,100,000 fowk (2006), wi aboot 6,100,000 residents in its urban aurie. In the 1920s, Wuhan wis the caipital o a leftist Kuomintang (KMT) govrenment led bi Wang Jingwei in opposition tae Chiang Kai-shek, nou Wuhan is recognized as the poleetical, economic, financial, cultural, educational an transportation center o central Cheenae.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Wuhan is twinned wi:

A karaoke bar near the HUST campus

Adelaide, Australie, syne Julie 2007 Arnhem, Netherlands, syne Juin 1999 Bordeaux, Fraunce, syne Juin 18, 1998 Borlänge, Swaden, syne September 2007 Cheongju, Republic o Korea, syne October 29, 2000 Christchurch, New Zealand, since April 4, 2006 Duisburg, Germany, syne October 8, 1982 Galaţi, Romanie, syne August 12, 1987 Győr, Hungary, syne October 19, 1995 Khartoum, Sudan, syne September 27, 1995 Kiev, Ukraine, syne October 19, 1990 Manchester, Unitit Kinrick, syne September 16, 1986 Markham, Canadae, syne September 12, 2006 Ōita, Japan, syne September 7, 1979 Pittsburgh, Unitit States, syne September 8, 1982 Porsgrunn, Norawa, syne Juin 2004 Sankt Pölten, Austrick, syne December 20, 2005 St. Louis, Unitit States, since September 2004 Ashdod, Israel, syne October 2009 Kópavogur, Iceland, syne September 2007