Hanchuan

Hanchuan
汉川市
Hanchwan
Hanchuan is located in Hubei
Hanchuan
Hanchuan
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 30°40′N 113°50′E / 30.667°N 113.833°E / 30.667; 113.833
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityXiaogan
Area
1,655 km2 (639 sq mi)
 • Urban84.60 km2 (32.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
903,296
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
 • Urban547,969
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.hanchuan.gov.cn

Hanchuan (simplified Chinese: 汉川; traditional Chinese: 漢川; pinyin: Hànchuān) is a county-level city in east-central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Xiaogan prefecture-level city. The city's urban area is located on the left bank of the Han River a few tens of kilometres upstream from Wuhan. However, the county-level city as an administrative unit also includes some land on the right bank of the river as well. The city has been served by the Hanchuan railway station on the Wuhan–Yichang railway. Hanchuan is a sister city of Martinez, California, United States.

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 66. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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