1. The pronunciation of Hubei: è. Hubei has a long history. As early as the Shang Dynasty, Hubei was a vassal state. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the homeland of the State of E was annexed by the State of Jin, and the surviving family moved south to the north of Nanyang, Henan, and was still called the State of E. Because of the threat from Chu State, they moved south again to the east of Ezhou City, still called E State.
2. Hubei Province, referred to as "E", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China and the provincial capital is Wuhan. Located in central China, it borders Anhui to the east, Chongqing to the west, Shaanxi to the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan to the south, and Henan to the north, between 29°01′53″-33°6′47″ north latitude and 108° east longitude. Between 21′42″-116°07′50″, it is about 740 kilometers long from east to west and 470 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ??185,900 square kilometers, accounting for 1.94% of China’s total area. The easternmost is Huangmei County, the westernmost is Lichuan City, the southernmost is Laifeng County, and the northernmost is Yunxi County.
3. The terrain of Hubei Province is roughly surrounded by mountains on three sides in the east, west and north. The middle is low and flat, and is slightly shaped like an incomplete basin open to the south. Of the total area of ??the province, mountains account for 56%, hills account for 24%, and plain lake areas account for 20%, belonging to the Yangtze River system. Hubei Province is located in the subtropical zone. Except for the alpine climate in the high mountain areas, most areas of the province have a humid subtropical monsoon climate.
4. As of the end of 2019, Hubei Province has jurisdiction over 13 prefecture-level administrative regions, including 12 prefecture-level cities, 1 autonomous prefecture, and 4 provincial-level county-level administrative units, with 26 County-level cities, 35 counties, 2 autonomous counties, and 1 forest area, with a permanent population of 59.27 million, and a regional gross product (GDP) of 4.582831 billion yuan, of which the primary industry completed an added value of 380.909 billion yuan, and the second The industry completed an added value of 1.909862 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry completed an added value of 2.292060 billion yuan.