Map of Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei:

Hankou, a prosperous international metropolis, is an important part of Wuhan, the financial, commercial, foreign exchange center and major transportation hub of Greater Wuhan. It has been known as "the first prosperous place in Chu" since ancient times and is famous at home and abroad under the name of "Oriental Chicago". ?

Hankou has been one of the four famous towns in China since ancient times. It is located in the northwest of the Yangtze River and north of the Han River, facing Wuchang in the southeast and Hanyang in the southwest.

Hankou Town in ancient times belongs to Hankou Town, Hanyang County, Hanyang Prefecture. In the old days, Hankou was the first of the "four gatherings in the world", with the capital in the north, Foshan in the south, Suzhou in the east and Hankou in the west.

Extended information:

Hankou appears as a place name in historical records. Today's Hankou is actually only over 5 years old, which began with the diversion of Hanshui River during Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. The Hanshui River was originally injected into the Yangtze River from the south of Guishan, and its mainstream was injected into the Yangtze River from Jijiazui in the north of Guishan during Chenghua.

The low-lying barren land after the diversion of Hanshui River developed into Hankou, which was also known as the four famous towns with Zhu Xian in Henan, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Foshan in Guangdong during Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty.

Hankou has been open for trade since the Opium War. There is a land of about 2.2 square kilometers in the middle section of yanjiang road in Hankou, north of Jianghan Road, south of Taikooxia Wharf in Mayang Street and southeast of Zhongshan Avenue, where there are all kinds of European-style buildings such as Gothic, Rococo and Baroque.

This is the remains of Hankou Concession from the 196s to the first half of the 2th century, which is arranged from southwest to northeast in terms of geographical orientation, and is divided into five concessions: Britain, Russia, France, Germany and Japan.

The number of Hankou Concessions is second only to Tianjin, ranking second in the country, and the area is third only to Shanghai and Tianjin, ranking third in the country, and its influence ranks first among foreign concessions in the mainland.

according to the unequal treaties, foreign powers implemented another system in the concession, which was independent of the administrative system and legal system of China government, and became a country within a country.

But objectively, it also promoted the modernization process of Wuhan, and left us many experiences for reference in urban planning, urban infrastructure construction, urban transportation and public health management.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hankou (one of the three towns in Wuhan)