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10/13 Cities of China series (continued)
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province and is the most populous city in Central China, with an urban population of 6,434,373.
It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city. Because of its key role in domestic transportation, Wuhan was sometimes referred to as the “Chicago of China,” and is recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational and transportation center of central China.
In the 1920s, Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Kuomintang government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek.
