Hubei

No tae be ramfeeselt wi the unrelatit province o Hebei.

Hubei  (Cheenese: 湖北; pinyin: Húběi; Wade–Giles: Hu-pei; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a province o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, locatit in the central pairt o the kintra. The name o the province means "north o the lake", referrin tae its position north o Lake Dongting.^[1] The provincial caipital is Wuhan, a major transportation thoroughfare an the poleetical, cultural, an economic hub o Central Cheenae.

Hubei Province 湖北省
Province
Name transcription(s)
• Cheenese	湖北省 (Húběi Shěng)
• Abbreviation	鄂 (pinyin: È)
Map shawin the location o Hubei Province
Named for	湖 hú - lake 北 běi - north "north o Lake Dongting"
Caipital (an lairgest ceety)	Wuhan
Divisions	13 prefecturs, 102 coonties, 1235 tounships
Govrenment
• Secretar	Li Hongzhong
• Govrenor	Wang Guosheng
Area
• Total	185900 km2 (71,800 sq mi)
Area rank	14t
Population  (2010)
• Total	57,237,740
• Rank	9t
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
• Density rank	12t
Demographics
• Ethnic composeetion	Han - 95.6% Tujia - 3.7% Miao - 0.4%
ISO 3166 code	CN-42
GDP (2011)	CNY 1.95 trillion US$ 311 billion (11th)
• per capita	CNY 34,233 US$5,434 (13t)
HDI (2008)	0.784 (medium) (16t)
Website	http://www.hubei.gov.cn (Simplifeed Cheenese)

Hubei is offeecially abbreviatit tae "鄂" (È), an auncient name associatit wi the eastren pairt o the province syne the Qin dynasty, while a popular name for Hubei is "楚" (Chǔ), efter the pouerful state o Chu that existit here durin the Eastren Zhou dynasty. It borders Henan tae the north, Anhui tae the east, Jiangxi tae the southeast, Hunan to the south, Chongqing tae the wast, an Shaanxi tae the northwast. The heich-profile Three Gorges Dam is locatit at Yichang, in the wast o the province.