Hankou

Hankou
汉口市
City of China
1921–1954

The map of Hankou (top left, with the five foreign concessions), Hanyang, and Wuchang, as of 1915
Area
 • CoordinatesCN-HB-01 30°34′52″N 114°16′21″E / 30.581179°N 114.272597°E / 30.581179; 114.272597
History 
• Established
3 July 1921
• Disestablished
June 1954
Succeeded by
Jiang'an District
Jianghan District
Qiaokou District
Today part ofA part of Wuhan (Jiang'an, Jianghan, & Qiaokou)

Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (simplified Chinese: 汉口; traditional Chinese: 漢口; pinyin: Hànkǒu), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers where the Han flows into the Yangtze. Hankou is connected by bridges to its triplet sister towns Hanyang (between Han and Yangtze) and Wuchang (on the southern side of the Yangtze).

Hankou is the main port of Hubei Province and the single largest port in the middle reaches of Yangtze.[citation needed]