Hubei

:Not to be confused with the unrelated province of Hebei

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Hubei (; Postal System Pinyin: Hupeh) is a central province of the People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is 鄂 (pinyin: ?), an ancient name associated with the eastern part of the province since the Qin Dynasty. The name Hubei means "north of the lake", referring to Hubei's position north of Dongting Lake.

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Hubei borders Henan to the north, Anhui to the east, Jiangxi to the southeast, Hunan to the south, Chongqing to the west, and Shaanxi to the northwest. The high-profile Three Gorges Dam is located in Yichang, in western Hubei.

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A popular unofficial name for Hubei is Chu (), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

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Postal System Pinyin: In the early twentieth century, China (starting with the dying Qing Empire) used Postal (Office) System Pinyin (郵政式拼音 Hanyu Pinyin: Y?uzh?ngsh? Pīnyīn) (unrelated to the modern Hanyu Pinyin), based on Wade-Giles (in particularly, Herbert Giles's A Chinese...

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