Place details
Place nameWuhan
Other namesWu-han, Wu-ch'ang, Wuchang, Hankou, Hankow
CountryZhonghua
Latitude30.583
Longitude114.317
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Oldest of Han cities; important town in ancient times; Chu kingdom capital 300 BC; Wu kingdom capital 300 AD; major cultural center; starting point of revolution against Imperial regime 1911; occupied by Japanese 1938-1945; taken by Communists 1949.