Hubei

- Total - Contribution to PRC

187.5 thousand km ² 1.95%

- Total 2010 - Density

57.2 million inhabitants 321 inhabitants / km ²

Hubei (Chinese湖北"north of the lake "; German spelling occasionally " Hupeh " ) is a province in the People's Republic of China.

Geography

Hubei is located in the large Chinese level. The province is drained by the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia, and the Han Jiang (Han Shui ). Bears the name of the province due to its location north of the lakes region on the border of Hunan along the Yangtze River. The provincial capital is called Wuhan. Political center is next to Wuhan and Jingzhou, economic centers in Hubei Wuhan, Shiyan and Xiangyang.

With a subtropical climate with clearly distinguishable seasons, the annual average temperature is 15 ° to 17 ° C. Winter is dry with temperatures in January 3-4 ° C. Summers are hot and humid, with July temperatures 27 to 29 ° C. The annual rainfall is 600 to 1,600 mm, of which fall up to 50 percent during the months of June to August. The riverine regions are often affected by floods.

The development of the province were being shaped by the Hubei - although inland province - is connected by good flow connections with the coastal regions and abroad. So Wuhan to Shanghai 's second largest port on the Yangtze River. The major north -south railway line from Beijing (Peking) crosses the Yangtze River in Wuhan to Guangzhou.

Administrative Divisions

The Hubei Province is composed of twelve prefecture-level cities and one autonomous district. In addition, four administrative units at the county level, which is not - as usual - the district level, but directly to the provincial government. Here are four towns and a wooded area.

• Wuhan City (武汉 市);
• Huangshi City (黄石 市);
• City Xiangyang (襄阳 市);
• Shiyan City (十堰 市);
• Jingzhou City (荆州 市) with her two districts Jingzhou and Shashi;
• Yichang City (宜昌 市);
• Jingmen City (荆门 市);
• Ezhou City (鄂州 市);
• Xiaogan City (孝感 市);
• Huanggang City (黄冈 市);
• Xianning City (咸宁 市);
• Suizhou City (随州市);
• Autonomous Prefecture of Enshi Tujia and Miao (恩施 土家族 苗族 自治州).

Administrative units at the county level, which are directly under the provincial government:

• Xiantao City (仙桃 市);
• Qianjiang City (潜江 市);
• Tianmen City (天门市);
• Shennongjia forest area (神农架 林区).

Economy

In addition to many natural resources Hubei has important industrial sectors. Traditionally, these were the iron and steel industry as well as the metal and textile industries. In the future, the focus should also be on mechanical engineering, electronics, automotive and chemical industries. Already, Hubei is one of the three most important sites of the Chinese automotive industry.

The construction of the Three Gorges Dam, which is located in the province of Hubei, one hopes for an additional economic stimulus, especially by the electrical energy that is generated by the dam. On the other hand should be protected from flooding by the construction of dams, the riverine regions that were previously often affected.

In Wuhan Werner Court came to high honor, a pensioner, the newly structured as a director, the local diesel engine factory. With the support of leaders in Beijing, he acted so successfully and with integrity, that he was showered with awards actually: not only China's Man of the Year 1985 in the engineering industry, but also an honorary citizen of Wuhan.

End of May 2004 by the then Saxon Science and Arts Minister Matthias Roessler and the Communist Party Secretary of Hubei, Yu Zhengsheng, discussed the partnership between the Free State of Saxony and the Hubei Province. The partnership aims to bring the two countries mutual benefits through cooperation in the fields of higher education, science and technology, trade and economy.

In Wuhan was Wu Yi, the only woman in the Chinese government, was born. She was 2002-2007 Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and took the 15th position in the hierarchy of the Communist Party of China a.

Tourism

The provincial capital Wuhan is a key railway junction. The city lies on the express route Guangzhou - Beijing and on the east -west link from Shanghai to Kunming and Xi'an. The Yangzi River ferries leave regularly to Nanjing and Shanghai in the east and from the west to Chongqing.

The Changjiang Bridge, Changjiang Daqiao, one of the first technical achievements of the new China is a 1,156 -meter-long, double-decker bridge that spans the current height of 80 meters. It was completed in 1957 as the first bridge across the Yangtze River and connects the northern and southern part of China. The bridge finally made ​​the often dangerous at high tide and fog ferry superfluous.

Attractions

Shiyan

• Wudang Mountains

Wuhan

• The " Yellow Crane Tower ", of which one has a magnificent view of all three parts of the city, on the first bridge over the Yangtze River, the Han and the many lakes in the surrounding area of Wuhan.
• The Provincial Museum of Hubei, where the 2500 years old grave of the Marquis Yi can be seen with the orchestra of 64 bronze bells
• Underground project 131, a bunker
• The colonial district in Hankou
• Dong -Hu Park at the Baltic
• The riverside promenade on the Yangtze River
• The campus of Wuhan University

Xiangyang

• Walled city of Xiangyang from the Ming Dynasty
• Lonzhong, City of Zhuge Liang
• Residence of Xi Yu

Yichang

• Three Gorges Dam
• Shennong Xi

Zhongxiang

• Xian - grave of Prince Xingxian