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Encyclopedia: Wuhan

Wuhan (Simplified Chinese: 武汉; Traditional Chinese: 武漢; pinyin: Wǔhàn) is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central China. It lies at the confluence of the Yangtze and Han River. It has a population of approximately 9,100,000 people (2006). In the 1920s, Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Chinese Nationalist government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek.

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	(Chinese)	武汉市
	(Japanese)	武漢
	(German)	Wuhan
	(Spanish)	Wuhan
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Hanyang

Hanyang is a city in the Wuhan complex of the People's Republic of China. Hanyang is also a former name of Seoul, South Korea...

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Chen Zaidao

leadership of the Wuhan Mutiny in July, 1967. Anti-Chen propaganda poster published by the Wuhan Steel Company in 1967. During July, two hostile groups were fighting for control over Wuhan. The... local party employees, and was supported by the PLA. The Wuhan Workers' General Headquarters (numbering...

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Platybelodon

Fossil platybelodon skeleton at the Rock and Bonsai Museum, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China This large herbivorous mammal, related to the elephant (order Proboscidea), lived during the Miocene epoch, about 15 million years ago. It fed in the swampy areas of grassy savannas, using its joined...

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Re Gan Mian

Re Gan Mian (Simplified Chinese: 热干面) (Hot Dry Noodle) is a typical food of Wuhan. It is made of hand-pulled, wheat-based noodles over which soy sauce, sesame paste, pickled vegetables, chopped chives and rice vinegar are poured. The noodles are mixed just before consumption...

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Hubei

60,280,000 (2001). The city of Wuhan serves as the provincial capital. 湖北省 Húběi Shěng Province Abbreviation(s): 鄂 (È) Capital Wuhan Area �- Total �- % water Ranked xth 187,500 km² xx... 1911 the Wuchang Uprising took place in modern-day Wuhan. The construction of the Three Gorges Dam...

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Han River

, which flows through Wuhan...

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List of cities in China

This is a list of cities in China: Mainland China: Beijing Chengdu Chongqing City Dalian Fuzhou Guangzhou Harbin Kashgar Kunming Lhasa (Tibet) Nanjing Qingdao Shanghai Shenyang Shenzhen Tianjin Urumqi Wuhan Xiamen Xian Zhengzhou Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong Macau Taiwan: Changhua...

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Capitals of subnational entities of China

Shijiazhuang Hebei Taiyuan Shanxi Tianjin Tianjin Urumqi Xinjiang Wuhan Hubei Xi'an...

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Chinese River Dolphin

Research Centre (淡水海豚研究中心) as a branch of the Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology (武汉水�... Wuhan Institute of Hydrobiology from 1980 to July 14, 2002. Qiqi was discovered by a fisherman in... 1998, but she did not eat any provided food and starved to death within a month. Wuhan Baiji Dolphin...

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Sub-provincial city

(Shangdong) Shenyang (Liaoning) Shenzhen (Guangdong) Wuhan (Hubei) Xiamen (Fujian) Xi'an (Shaanxi... ... 17. October 30 - November 2, 2001, Guangzhou ... 19. October 8 - ? , 2003, Wuhan...

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