Hanchuan

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.

Hanchuan
汉川市
Hanchwan
Hanchuan
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 30°40′N 113°50′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityXiaogan
Area
  Urban
84.60 km2 (32.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
1,015,507
  Estimate 
(2017)
1,156,000
  Urban
376,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.hanchuan.gov.cn
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