Hanchuan
Hanchuan
汉川市 Hanchwan | |
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| Coordinates: 30°40′N 113°50′E / 30.667°N 113.833°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xiaogan |
| Area | |
| 1,655 km2 (639 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 84.60 km2 (32.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 903,296 | |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 547,969 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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.