Wuhan Overview

Wuhan lies in east of river of Chinese plain, middle of Changjiang river and intersection of the Han River, the geographical position of east longitude of 113°41'--115°05,north latitudes of 29°58'--31°22'. Wuhan is located the middle latitudes area of the inboard of Tropic of Cancer, belong to the subtropical monsoon (moist ) climate, make a clear distinction between the four seasons, the rainfall is plentiful , the illumination is sufficient . 8488 squar kilometers of area, urban area separate into Wuchang , Hankow, Hanyang 3 town by the Changjiang River, Han river. Have jurisdiction over 13 districts now, including: River bank District, Jianghan District, Qiaokou district , Hanyang district , Wuchang district , Qingshan district , Hongshan area , east and north lake district, Hannan district , Caidian district , JIangxia district , HuangBei district, Xinzhou district. The total population of the whole city is 8,310,000, among them, the urban population of 7 centres is 4,810,000 people.
The city owned moist monsoon climate of subtropical zone of Wuhan, the rainfall is plentiful , the sunshine is sufficient , make a clear distinction between the four seasons. The overall climate is with good environment, average annual rainfall is 1269 millimetres, and concentrate on June --August. Average annual temperature is 15.8 ? --17.5 ?, annual frost-free period is generally 211 days --272 days, the annual total hours of sunshine are 1810 hours --2100 hours. There is gifted natural resources in Wuhan, there is 2205.06 sq. km. of coverage of water area in all in the whole city, accounts for 25.79 percent of the whole area of the whole city, occupy the first place in national big city. Wuhan has enjoyed the reputation of township of the fishing rice, cereal crops, amounts to more than 240 varieties; Industrial crops, amounts to 50 kinds; Fish resources, amounts to 88 kinds, aquatic animal, there are 45 kinds in all. Wuhan city has already find 38 kinds of mineral deposit now, among them there are 24 kinds of ores whose reserves has been calculated (excluding the groundwater), accounts for 30.38 percent of the whole province has already verified the reserves ores.