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Description: capital city of Hubei Province, China; Categories: sub-province-level division, big city, human settlement, prefecture-level city and locality; Location: Hubei, South-central China, China, East Asia, Asia; View on OpenStreetMap
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The Consulate General of the United States in Wuhan was re-established in 2008 under the provisions of the 1981 U.S.-China Agreement on Consular Facilities. The United States previously had a Consulate in the Hankou area of Wuhan dating from 1861 until its closure in 1949. During World War II, the Hankou Consulate served as the U.S. Embassy for a p...
Following the Treaty of Tianjin, the United States expressed its intention to open a consulate in the newly designated trading port of what would become Hankou in 1861. The first consul arrived in 1861. The post became a Consulate General in 1903. The consulate was housed in several different buildings in the early years, until moving into the icon...
The return of a consulate in Wuhan began sooner after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. An agreement signed between our two countries in 1981 identified Wuhan as the future site of a consulate, one of five in China. Planning for the reopening of Wuhan’s consulate began in earnest...
Hubei [a] is an inland province of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. [7] The provincial capital, Wuhan, serves as a major transportation hub and the political, cultural, and economic hub of central China.
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5 days ago · Wuhan, capital and major industrial and commercial city of Hubei sheng (province), China. It is located at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers and consists of a conurbation of three adjacent former cities— Hankou (Hankow), Hanyang , and Wuchang .
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Wuhan is situated in the middle of Hubei Province of China, East Longitude 113°41′-115°05′, North Latitude 29°58′-31°22′, at the east of Jianghan Plain, and the confluence of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River.
Maps of Hubei: chinamaps.org . Geography and Climate of Hubei Province. Hubei Province is situated on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It borders Henan to the north, Anhui to the east, Jiangxi to the southeast, Hunan to the south, Chongqing to the west, and Shaanxi to the northwest.
