History of Wuhan
2 min readWuhan is a famous historical and cultural city in China with a history of 3500 years.Its three towns take advantage of the intersection of the Yangtze River andHanshui River，and Hankou has been growing up swiftly.In 1861，Hankou was opened to trade with foreign powers.In 1927，National Government announced that Hankou，Wuchang and Hanyang were integrated to Jingzhao Region and named Wuhan，whose administrative system was first unified.Wuhan was liberated on May 16，1949，and was the city directly governed by the Central Government by June 1954，afterwards，governed by Hubei Provincial Government.In Dec.1986，the State Council promulgated that Wuhan was a famous historical and cultural city in China.In 1992，Wuhan was approved to be city open to the outside world.
In Geography
Wuhan is situated in the middle of Hubei Province of China，East Longitude 113°41′-115°05’，North Latitude 29°58′-3122′.the east of Jianghan Plain，and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River.The Yangtze River and Hanshui River divide Wuhan into three parts:Hankou，Hanyang and Wuchang，which are generally known as Wuhan’s Three Towns.
Wuhan belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate.There are sufficient rainfall and sunshine as well as four distinct seasons.Climate here is pleasant generally.In recent thirty years，the average annual rainfall is 1269mm，mainly from June to August；annual temperature is 15.8℃-17.5℃，annual frost free period lasts 211 to 272 days and annual sunlight duration is 1810 to 2100 hours.
Wuhan occupies a land of 8494.41 km2，most of which is plain and decorated with hills and a great number of lakes and pools.Wuhan’s climate is a subtropical monsoon one with abundant rainfall and distinctive four seasons.It has a population of 8000000 by the end of 2006.
