Hubei Province is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China), with Wuhan as its capital. Located in the middle of China, it is adjacent to Anhui in the east, Chongqing in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan in the south and Henan in the north. As of June 365438+February 3, 2022 1, Hubei Province has jurisdiction over 12 prefecture-level cities, 1 autonomous prefectures, 39 municipal districts, 26 county-level cities, 37 counties (including 2 autonomous counties) and1forest areas. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Hubei Province was 58.44 million.

The topography of Hubei Province is roughly surrounded by mountains in the east, west and north, with a low terrain in the middle, which is slightly an incomplete basin open to the south. In the total area of the province, mountains account for 56%, hills account for 24%, and plain lakes account for 20%, belonging to the Yangtze River water system. Hubei Province is located in the subtropical zone, and most of the province belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate except the alpine region.

Hubei province is called "Hubei"

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he began to implement the county system, and set up Hubei County, the king city of Hubei, under the jurisdiction of Nanjun, and the name of "Hubei" began to continue step by step. During the Han Dynasty, Hubei County belonged to Jiangxia County of Jingzhou, and the county belonged to Anlu (now Yunmeng, Hubei).

During the Three Kingdoms period, Hubei County moved to new glory. In 22 1 year, Sun Quan, the monarch of the State of Wu, moved the capital from Gongan to Hubei County and renamed it Wuchang, which means "prospering the country with Wu". At that time, Hubei County, which is now Ezhou, was called Wuchang, and Wuchang City at that time was called Jiangxia.

During the Sui Dynasty, Hubei County was further upgraded. In 589 AD, Emperor Wendi of Sui established Ezhou, governing Jiangxia (now Wuchang District), Wuchang (now Ezhou City), Yongxin (now Yangxin County) and Puyin (now chibi city). Jiangxia is also called Ezhou. This is the first time that the word "E" appeared as the name of a high-level administrative region, and Hubei's abbreviation "E" also derived from it.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Hubei Province.