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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...
Nov 16, 2023 · Hubei: Wuhan: 71,729 sq mi (185,776 sq km) 57,750,000: È: Hunan: Changsha: 81,793 sq mi (211,842 sq km) 66,440,000: Xiāng: Guangdong: Guangzhou: 69,503 sq mi (180,013 sq km) 126,010,000: Yuè: Hainan: Haikou: 13,227 sq mi (34,259 sq km) 10,080,000: Qióng: Sichuan: Chengdu: 186,895 sq mi (484,056 sq km) 83,670,000: Chuān (Shǔ) Guizhou ...
- 3,705,407 sq mi (9,596,961 sq km)
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- ~ 1,400,000,000
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2 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. Hankou lies on the north bank of the Yangtze.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Geography and Climate. 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.
Coordinates: 30.597°N 114.268°E. The Consulate General of the United States in Wuhan is one of the five American diplomatic and consular posts in mainland of the People's Republic of China. First established in 1861, the U.S. Consulate General in Wuhan reopened in 2008 at 568 Jianshe Avenue in New World International Trade Tower I.
