Hanchuan
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Hanchuan is a county-level city
County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....

 in Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...

, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. It is under the administration of Xiaogan
Xiaogan
Xiaogan is a prefecture-level city in Hubei province of the People's Republic of China. Its population is 5,060,000 residents.-Subdivisions:*Xiaonan District *Yingcheng City *Anlu City *Hanchuan City *Xiaochang County...

 city.

The city's urban area is located on the left bank of the Yangtze a few tens of kilometres upstream from Wuhan
Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...

. However, the county-level city as an administrative unit also includes some land on the right bank of the river as well.

The city will be served by the Hanchuan Railway Station
Hanchuan Railway Station
Hanchuan Railway Station is a future railway station located in Hanchuan City, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China, on the Hanyi Railway which will be operated by Wuhan Railway Bureau, Ministry of Railways of the PRC....

 on the new Wuhan-Yichang Railway
Hanyi Railway
Hanyi Railway , or Hankou-Yichang Railway, is a railway currently being constructed between Hankou and Yichang in the Chinese province of Hubei. It will be a section of the future Huhanrong Passenger Dedicated Line from Shanghai to Wuhan to Chengdu...

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