Hanyang was one of the three cities that merged into modern-day 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...

, the capital of the 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...

 province, People's Republic of China. Currently, it is a district and stands between the Han River and the Yangtze River

Yangtze River

The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...

, where the former falls into the latter. It is connected by bridges with its former sister cities, Hankou and Wuchang.

The name "Hanyang" continues to be commonly used for the part of urban Wuhan between the Han and the Yangtze.