Hanchuan 汉川市 |
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County-level city | |
Location in Hubei | |
Coordinates: 31°15′N 113°41′E / 31.250°N 113.683°ECoordinates: 31°15′N 113°41′E / 31.250°N 113.683°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Prefecture-level city | Xiaogan |
Population (2010) | 1,015,507 |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
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 City.
The city's urban area is located on the left bank of the Yangtze 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 new Wuhan-Yichang Railway.