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Hanchuan

Hanchuan
汉川市
County-level city
Hanchuan is located in Hubei
Hanchuan
Hanchuan
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 31°15′N 113°41′E / 31.250°N 113.683°E / 31.250; 113.683Coordinates: 31°15′N 113°41′E / 31.250°N 113.683°E / 31.250; 113.683
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.gov.cn

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.


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