Hubei Province, referred to as "Hubei" for short, is the provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC), 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. It is about 740 kilometers long from east to west and 470 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of185,900 square kilometers, accounting for 1.94% of the total area of China. * * * governs 12 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture.
Hubei province is in the transition zone from the second level to the third level of China's topography. The topography of Hubei Province is an incomplete basin with high sides, low middle, opening to the south and a gap to the north. There are many types of landforms, including mountains, hills, hills and plains. Mountains, hills, hills and plains account for 56%, 24% and 20% of the total area of Hubei Province respectively. The terrain is very different. Shennongding, the highest peak in Shennongjia, is called the "Roof of Central China" in the west, with an altitude of 3 105 meters. Near Tanjiayuan, Jianli County, the eastern plain, the ground elevation is zero.