Hubei
| Hubei Province | |||||||||
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| Abbreviations: 鄂 (pinyin: È) | |||||||||
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| Oreegin o name | 湖 hú - lake 北 běi - north "north o Lake Dongting" |
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| Admeenistration type | Province | ||||||||
| Caipital (an lairgest ceety) |
Wuhan | ||||||||
| CPC Ctte Secretary | Li Hongzhong | ||||||||
| Governor | Wang Guosheng | ||||||||
| Aurie | 185,900 km2 (71,800 sq mi) (14t) | ||||||||
| - Latitude | 29° 05' tae 33° 20' N | ||||||||
| - Longitude | 108° 21' tae 116° 07' E | ||||||||
| Population (2010) - Density |
57,237,740 (9t) 324 /km2 (840 /sq mi) (12t) |
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| GDP (2011) - per caipita |
CNY 1.95 trillion US$ 311 billion (11th) CNY 34,233 US$5,434 (13t) |
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| HDI (2008) | 0.784 (medium) (16t) | ||||||||
| Ethnic composition | Han - 95.6% Tujia - 3.7% Miao - 0.4% |
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| Leids an dialects | {{{Dialects}}} | ||||||||
| Prefectural level | 13 diveesions | ||||||||
| Coonty level | 102 diveesions | ||||||||
| Tounship level* | 1235 diveesions | ||||||||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-42 | ||||||||
| Offeecial wabsteid http://www.hubei.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese) |
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| Source for population and GDP data:
《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005
Source for nationalities data:
ISBN 7503747382 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China
*As at December 31, 2004ISBN 7105054255 |
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| Template ■ Discussion ■ WikiProject China | |||||||||
Hubei? (Cheenese: 湖北; ; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. The name o the province means "north o the lake", referrin tae its position north o Lake Dongting.[1] The provincial caipital is Wuhan, a major transportation thoroughfare an the poleetical, cultural, an economic hub o Central Cheenae.
Hubei is offeecially abbreviatit tae "鄂" (È), an auncient name associatit wi the eastren pairt o the province syne the Qin dynasty, while a popular name for Hubei is "楚" (Chǔ), efter the pouerful state o Chu that existit here durin the Eastren Zhou dynasty. It borders Henan tae the north, Anhui tae the east, Jiangxi tae the southeast, Hunan to the south, Chongqing tae the wast, an Shaanxi tae the northwast. The heich-profile Three Gorges Dam is locatit at Yichang, in the wast o the province.
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Freemit airtins [edit]
- Hubei Govrenment wabsteid
Travel guide tae Hubei frae Wikivoyage
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