Jianghan District (,
Yangtze
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and
Han River) forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban
districts
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of the
prefecture-level city
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During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Wuhan
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, the capital of
Hubei Province
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,
China
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. The district is part of the historical
Hankou
Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), 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 wher ...
.
Geography
Jianghan District is situated on the northwest (left) bank of the
Yangtze River
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. It is both the least spacious and most densely populated of the districts of Wuhan.
It borders
Dongxihu
Dongxihu District () is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, forming part of the city's western suburbs. It lies on the north (left) bank of the Han River. Along with Qiaokou, i ...
to the north,
Jiang'an to the northeast,
Hanyang Hanyang may refer to:
China
*Hanyang District (漢陽區, 汉阳区, ''Hànyáng Qū''), Wuhan, Hubei
:*Hanyang Arsenal (漢陽兵工廠), founded in 1891 as one of the oldest modern arsenals in Chinese history
:*Hanyang 88 (漢陽八八式步槍), ...
to the south, and
Qiaokou
Qiaokou District () forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, situated on the northern (left) bank of the Han River. Along with Dongxihu, it is t ...
to the west; on the opposite bank it borders
Wuchang
Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the ri ...
.
Wuhan Center
Wuhan Center () is a skyscraper in Wuhan near Wuhan Business District Station in Jianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei, China. The skyscraper's construction started in 2011, and was completed by 2019. The tower was topped out on April 16, 2015. It is ...
is located in Jianghan District.
Administrative divisions
Jianghan District administers:
References
County-level divisions of Hubei
Geography of Wuhan
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