Hanyang

Related Category: Chinese and Mongolian Political Geography

(hän-yäng), former city, now part (since 1950) of the Wuhan conurbation, E Hubei prov., China, on the right bank of the Han River at its junction with the Chang. It is a heavy industrial center. Hanyang was founded during the Sui dynasty (A.D. 581–618). It is linked by bridge with Hankou.