Provinces | Hubei Province

Chinese name	['lake' 'north']
Population	57,000,000
Area	185,900
Capital	Wuhan
Main Industries	agriculture (rice, cotton), iron, phosphates
GDP	16,197
Foreign Trade	11,762
Ethnic minorities	4%
Urbanization	44%
Data from The State of China Atlas (2009)

Hubei is located where the Yangzi (Chang Jiang) River leaves the mountains of Sichuan and enters the vast coastal flood plain leading to the outflow near Nanjing and Shanghai. It has always been an important province and the capital Wuhan is a large bustling city at an important bridge point over the River.

Pavillions by lake
Bishu Shanzhuang - Boats on lake with pavillions, Hubei

Here are some historic photographs of Hubei, click on the thumbnail to see the photograph in full