"The name "Wuhan" came from the city´s historical origin from the conglomeration of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, which are collectively known as the "Three Towns of ...
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Wuhan" (武汉三镇). It lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain, at the confluence of the Yangtze river and its largest tributary, the Han River and is known as "Nine Provinces´ Thoroughfare" (九省通衢).
Wuhan is considered by some to be one of the potential sites of the pivotal Battle of the Red Cliffs, which stopped warlord Cao Cao´s incursion into southern China at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. Other historical events taking place in Wuhan include the Wuchang Uprising of 1911, which led to the downfall of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.[20] Wuhan was briefly the capital of China in 1927 under the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT) government led by Wang Jingwei.[21] The city later served as the wartime capital of China for ten months in 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[22][23] SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, was first identified in Wuhan in December 2019.[24][25]" - (en.wikipedia.org 23.09.2020)
- Latitude30.587223052979
- Longitude114.28805541992
- Population9785388
