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Hubei, referred to as "Hubei" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), and Wuhan, the provincial capital, is named because it is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and north of Dongting Lake. It is located in the middle of China, bordering Anhui in the east, Chongqing in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan in the south, and Henan in the north. It is between east longitude10821'42 "-1607' 50" and north latitude 29 065438+. The total area of the province 185900 square kilometers.
Hubei Province, located in the hinterland of central China, is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. In the pre-Qin period, from philosophy to literature, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Qu Yuan came into being. After 800 years, Chu has created a splendid Chu culture. Hubei also has a glorious revolutionary tradition, from Wuchang Xinhai Shouyi to the founding of New China, which has made important contributions to the victory of the China Revolution. During the new-democratic revolution, 700,000 revolutionary heroes in Hubei gave their precious lives.
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Hubei Province _ Baidu Encyclopedia