Province: | Hubei
Official Name: | Húběishěng
Status: | Province
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Population Figure: | As of the 2020 census, Hubei's population was approximately 57.75 million.
Area: | 187,400 square kilometer
Location: | Central China Adjacent provinces: Anhui, Chongqing, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi,
Capital City: | Wuhan
Sights: | Wuhan, metropolis at the Yangtze River Guiyuan Monastery, a Buddhist monastery in Wuhan The Three Gorges, impressive river scenery, consisting of the Qutang Gorgee, the Wuxia Gorgee and the Xiling Gorge. It is also famous because of the Three Gorges Dam whose construction startet in 1994 with the Xiling Gorge. The Wudang mountains with the Daoist monasteries have been particularly famous since the film "Tiger and Dragon". They have been a world cultural heritage of the UNESCO since 1994.
General Information: | Hubei is the original area of the state Chu. In 232 B.C. the Qin-Dyasty, whose ruler Qin Shi Huangdi unified China, conquered Chu.
Links: | http://www.cnhubei.com/ : Hubei’s official website http://www.china.org.cn/english/ China Internet Information Center
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