- Hubei
Province - Hubei
ProvinceUrban population: 23.6 million
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Tujia, Manchu, Miao, and Mongolian
Area: 180,000 square kilometers
Climatic features: Subtropical, humid, monsoonal climate; changeable weather in spring; humid, hot summers; strong sunlight in autumn; dry winters; frequent droughts and floods.
Average temperature: 1 - 6 C. in January, 24 - 30 C. in July; high temperatures on the northern side of the southeastern mountains and in the Three Gorges.
Annual Average Rainfall: 750 - 1,500 mm; high precipitation in the southeastern and southwestern mountains.
Physical features: High in the west and low in the east; mountainous and hilly except in the south.
Mountains: Wudang, Jingshan, and Wushan Mountains in the west; Dashennongjia Mountain in the Shennongjia Forest Region, among the western mountains; Tongbai and Bavie Mountains along the northeastern border; Mufu Mountains along the Hubei-Jiangxi border.
Rivers: Yangtze River and its tributary, the Hanshui River
Lakes: Honghu, Liangzi, Futou, Zhangdu, Longgan, Changhu, and Diaocha Lakes (Hubei is known as the land of a thousand lakes)
Products: Rice, wheat, sorghum, millet, potatoes, corn, rapeseed, sesame, tea, soybeans, peanuts, sugar cane; cotton, ramie, silk cocoons; sun-cured tobacco; freshwater products, such as blunt-snout bream, lotus seeds, water chestnuts, lotus roots, pearls, waterfowl; peaches, yangtao, oranges, chestnuts; tung oil, silver fungus, fir, Chinese tallow tree, metasequoia; iron, copper, rock salt, plaster stone.
Administrative divisions: 1 autonomous prefecture, 25 cities, 51 counties, 2 autonomous counties, and 1 forest district.
Capital: Wuhan
Neighboring Areas: Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Henan Provinces.
Major Cities: Wuhan, Huangshi, Yichang, Shashi, Xiangfan, Shiyan, Enshi, Jiangling
Tourist Attractions: Gezhouba Dam project near Yichang; Shennongjia Natural Reserve in western Hubei.
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