Wuchang

Wuchang paperwork a part of the city center of and is considered one of 13 districts of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three towns that merged into present day-day Wuhan, and stood on the right financial institution of the Yangtze River, contrary the mouth of the Han River. The two different cities, Hanyang and Hankou, had been on the left financial institution, separated from every different with the aid of the Han.

The name "Wuchang" stays in not unusual use for the a part of city Wuhan south of the Yangtze River. Administratively, however, it's miles break up among numerous districts of the City of Wuhan. The ancient center of Wuchang lies in the modern-day Wuchang District, which has a place of 82.4 square kilometres and a population of 1,003,400. Other parts of what's colloquially known as Wuchang are inside Hongshan District and Qingshan District.

Presently, on the proper financial institution of the Yangtze, it borders the districts of Qingshan to the northeast and Hongshan to the east and south; on the opposite bank it borders Jiang'an, Jianghan and Hanyang. On 10 October 1911, the New Army stationed within the city started the Wuchang Uprising, a turning factor of the Xinhai Revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty and set up the Republic of China.