Wuxue ( Chinese : 武穴 ; pinyin : Wǔxué ), formerly Guangji County ( simplified Chinese : 广济 县 ; traditional Chinese : 廣濟 縣 ; pinyin : Guǎngjì Xiàn ; Postal Romanization : Kwangtsi), is a county-level city on the north shore of the Yangtze River in eastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Wuxue falls under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Huanggang .
5-504: Guangji may refer to: Guangji County , former name of Wuxue, city in Hubei, China Guangji Temple , in Beijing, China Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Guangji . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-430: A central hub for commodity trade. The port was modernized in 1953, with further-enhanced navigational improvements in 1975 and 1980. The total length of the port waterfront is now 14 kilometers, with 23 quay berths and many large warehouses, hoists, and cranes. The port handles both commodity and passenger traffic. In addition to the port, Wuxue is known as the "Gateway to Three Provinces" ( mentioned above ). As well, it
15-594: Is cultivated. The city has Mount Lu to the east, is close to the Qizhou hometown of famed ancient pharmacist Li Shizhen in neighboring Qichun County in the west, borders the Yangtze River in the south, and leans against the Dabie Shan mountain range in the north. Wuxue is 220 kilometers downriver from the provincial capital of Wuhan and about 50 kilometers upriver from the port of Jiujiang City, on
20-467: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guangji&oldid=932857433 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Guangji County Wuxue's total population is about 580,000 and the city extends over 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi), almost all of which
25-526: The south side of the Yangtze in Jiangxi province. Wuxue administers four subdistricts and eight towns: Wuxue opened as a port towards the end of the 16th century. Upon China signing the 1876 Yantai treaty with Britain, foreign merchants established an upgraded wharf. The port's strategic advantage lies in its proximity to the juncture of three provinces — Hubei, Anhui , and Jiangxi — and serves as
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