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Hubei, sheng (province) lying in the heart of China and forming a part of the middle basin of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang). Until the reign of the great Kangxi emperor (1661–1722) of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), Hubei and its southern neighbour Hunan formed a single province, Huguang.

Hubei , or Hu-pei conventional Hupeh, Province, east-central China. Area: 72,400 sq mi (187,500 sq km). Population: (2020) 57,752,557. Capital: Wuhan. It lies north of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is bordered by Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hunan provinces and by Chongqing municipality.

Hubei Province is in central China along the middle section of the Yangtze River. The province is north of Dongting Lake, hence the name Hubei which means 'north of the lake.' Hubei Province borders six provinces with Henan to the north, Anhui to the east, Jiangxi and Hunan to the south, and Shanxi to the northwest.

Nestled at the heart of the Middle Kingdom, China ’s innermost province is a region of cultural, historical and agricultural importance. Hubei, which directly translates to ‘north of the lake’, sits at the midpoint of the Yangtze River and is famed for its picturesque waterlogged landscapes.

Wuhan, capital and major industrial and commercial city of Hubei sheng (province), China. It is located at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers and consists of a conurbation of three adjacent former cities—Hankou (Hankow), Hanyang, and Wuchang. Hankou lies on the north bank of the Yangtze.

Wuhan (/ w uː ˈ h æ n / ⓘ, US also / w uː ˈ h ɑː n, ˈ w uː-/; simplified Chinese: 武汉; traditional Chinese: 武漢; pinyin: Wǔhàn; ⓘ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the ninth most populous city in China.

Hubei province is situated in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and to the north of Dongting Lake with Wuhan as the capital. It is near to Anhui to the east, Jiangxi and Hunan to the south, Chongqing to the west, Shaanxi to the northwest and Henan to the north.

Hubei is a Central China province. The name is derived from 'Hu' meaning lake and 'Bei' meaning North. So this is the province north of the Dongting Lake; the province south of the lake is Hunan. Much of eastern Hubei is densely populated, heavily farmed flatland (the Jianghan Plain) along and between the Yangtze (a.k.a. Changjiang) and the Han ...