Hubei
Hubei
湖北 | |
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| Province of Hubei | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 湖北省 (Húběi shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | HB / 鄂 (È) |
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Location of Hubei in China | |
| Country | China |
| Capital (and largest city) | Wuhan |
| Divisions | 13 prefectures, 102 counties, 1235 townships |
| Government | |
| • Type | Province |
| • Body | Hubei Provincial People's Congress |
| • Party Secretary | Wang Zhonglin |
| • Congress director | Wang Menghui (titular) |
| • Governor | Li Dianxun (acting) |
| • CPPCC chairman | Sun Wei |
| • National People's Congress Representation | 112 deputies |
| Area | |
• Total | 185,900 km2 (71,800 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 13th |
| Highest elevation (Shennong Peak) | 3,105 m (10,187 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 58,300,000 |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 12th |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composition | |
| • Languages and dialects | Southwestern Mandarin, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, Gan, Xiang |
| GDP (2024)[4] | |
| • Total | CN¥6,001 billion (7th; US$842 billion) |
| • Per capita | CN¥102,832 (9th; US$14,439) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HB |
| HDI (2022) | 0.794[5] (10th) – high |
| Website | hubei |
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| Postal | Hupeh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "North of (Dongting) Lake" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hubei[a] is a province in Central China. It has the seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland provinces. Its provincial capital at Wuhan serves as a major political, cultural, and economic hub for the region.
Hubei is associated with the historical state of E that existed during the Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1045 – 771 BCE). Its name means 'north of the lake', referring to Dongting Lake.[7] It borders Henan to the north, Anhui and Jiangxi to the east, Hunan to the south, and Chongqing and Shaanxi to the west. The high-profile Three Gorges Dam is located at Yichang in the west of the province.
- ^ "Hubei Survey". Ministry Of Commerce. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
Hubei {...} an area of 185,900 square km.
- ^ 湖北 [Hubei] (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016. 全省国土总面积18.59万平方公里
- ^ "Communiqué of the Seventh National Population Census (No. 3)". National Bureau of Statistics of China. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ 2023年湖北省国民经济和社会发展统计公报. hubei.gov.cn. March 27, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "Human Development Indices (8.0)- China". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Hubei". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021.
- ^ (in Chinese) Origin of the Names of China's Provinces Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily Online.
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