Hubei , or Hu-pei conventional Hupeh, Province, east-central China. Area: 72,400 sq mi (187,500 sq km). Population: (2020) 57,752,557. Capital: Wuhan. It lies north of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and is bordered by Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hunan provinces and by Chongqing municipality. Once part of the kingdom of Chu (3rd century bce), it became part of the Qin dynasty’s empire after being subjugated by Shihuangdi. Until the reign of Kangxi, Hubei and Hunan formed one province; they were divided in the mid-17th century. The area was the scene of battles after the 1850 Taiping Rebellion. The revolution of 1911–12 that eventually brought the Nationalist Party to power in China began in Hubei. The province was heavily bombed during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45. Restoration began after the communist Chinese takeover. In addition to agricultural production, the province has important heavy industrial production, especially in the Wuhan conurbation in eastern Hubei.
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