There are 83 universities in Wuhan, including Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan Engineering University, China Geo University (Wuhan), wuhan textile University, Wuhan University of Light Industry, Wuhan University of Technology, Hubei University of Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Huazhong Normal University, Hubei University, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, and Wuhan Institute of Physical Education.

Wuhan, referred to as Jiangcheng for short, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, sub-provincial city, megacity and national central city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. It is a central city in Central China approved by the State Council, and an important industrial base, science and education base and comprehensive transportation hub in China. By 202 1, there are 13 districts in the city, with a total area of 8569. 15 square kilometers, permanent population 13648900, and urban population11545438+05000.

Wuhan, located in the east of Jianghan Plain and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, is an international wetland city. There are many rivers and lakes in the city, and the water area accounts for a quarter of the total area of the city.

Wuhan is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, where the Yangtze River and the Han River meet, forming a pattern of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang separated by one river. It is an important comprehensive transportation hub of land, sea and air, an economic and geographical center and one of the four major railway hubs in China. It is also the core city of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the strategic fulcrum of the rise of central China, and the headquarters of the China People's Liberation Army Joint Logistics Support Force.

Wuhan is one of the four major science and education center cities in China, one of the three major intelligence-intensive areas in China, an experimental zone for comprehensive innovation and reform, ranking 13 as a global scientific research city, ranking fourth in China. By the end of 20021,there were 83 universities in China, including 46 undergraduate universities, ranking second in the country, only next to Beijing. Graduate students182,700, college students165,438+005,600, ranking third in the national cities? .

Wuhan is a national historical and cultural city and an important birthplace of Chu culture. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wuhan has been the military and commercial center of southern China. In the Yuan Dynasty, it became a province under the jurisdiction of Hunan and Guangxi. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this place became one of the "prosperous places in the early Chu Dynasty" and "four great gatherings in the world". The opening of Hankou and the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty made Wuhan an important economic center in modern China. Wuhan is the birthplace of the Revolution of 1911 and plays an important role in China's modernization.