{ "id": "eppnfvqt09", "slug": "wuxue", "title": "Wuxue", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "places", "label": "Places and geography", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places" }, { "id": "places.settlements", "label": "Settlements and neighborhoods", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.settlements" }, { "id": "places.settlements.urban", "label": "Cities and towns", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.settlements.urban" }, { "id": "places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia", "label": "Cities, towns, and villages of East Asia", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia" }, { "id": "places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china", "label": "Cities and towns of China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china" }, { "id": "places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze", "label": "Cities of the Middle Yangtze", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.places.settlements", "label": "China · 1946 to 2000: Settlements and neighborhoods", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.places.settlements", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946", "label": "China · 1946 to 2000", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.places", "label": "Places and geography", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.places" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t1946.places.settlements", "label": "Settlements and neighborhoods", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t1946.places.settlements" } ] }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze", "label": "China · 2021 and later: Cities of the Middle Yangtze", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021", "label": "China · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places", "label": "Places and geography", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements", "label": "Settlements and neighborhoods", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban", "label": "Cities and towns", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia", "label": "Cities, towns, and villages of East Asia", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china", "label": "Cities and towns of China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze", "label": "Cities of the Middle Yangtze", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Wuxue (武穴), formerly Guangji County until 1987, is a county-level city on the north shore of the Yangtze River in eastern Hubei, China, under Huanggang.", "snippet": "Wuxue (武穴), formerly Guangji County until 1987, is a county-level city on the north shore of the Yangtze River in eastern Hubei, China, under Huanggang.", "node": "places.settlements.urban.places.settlements.urban.east_asia.cities-and-towns-of-china.cities-of-the-middle-yangtze", "markdown": "# Wuxue\n\n**Wuxue** (武穴) is a county-level city on the north shore of the Yangtze River in eastern Hubei province, China, administered by the prefecture-level city of Huanggang. It was formerly known as Guangji County (广济县), and the name Wuxue was taken from the county seat town when Guangji was converted to a city in 1987.[1](https://mapcarta.com/15927466) • [2](https://news.hubeidaily.net/pc/c_5170177.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Administrative status | County-level city under Huanggang, Hubei; formerly Guangji County[1](https://mapcarta.com/15927466) |\n| Renaming | Guangji County was abolished and renamed Wuxue City in 1987, taking the name of the county seat town[2](https://news.hubeidaily.net/pc/c_5170177.html) |\n| Area | 1,246 square kilometers, with 12 towns and subdistricts and 342 villages and communities[3](https://10086.cn/uploadBaseDir/content/pdf/20240820/20240820194552678M7J.pdf) |\n| Population | 657,900 permanent residents at end of 2024; urbanization rate 59.49%[4](https://www.hbwuxue.com/p/70924.html) |\n| Economy | 2024 GDP of 47.749 billion yuan, up 6.6% in comparable prices; 2025 GDP of 47.911 billion yuan, up 5.1%[5](https://tjgb.hongheiku.com/xjtjgb/xj2020/61947.html) • [6](https://tjgb.hongheiku.com/xjtjgb/xj2020/69648.html) |\n| Transport | Wuxue port is one of the ten major deepwater ports on the Yangtze; the Beijing–Kowloon railway and the Shanghai–Chongqing expressway pass through[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/9329097) |\n\n## Geography and location\n\nWuxue lies on the north bank of the Yangtze in eastern Hubei, within the territory of Huanggang prefecture.[1](https://mapcarta.com/15927466) The city's territory covers 1,246 square kilometers and is organized into 12 towns and subdistricts containing 342 villages and communities.[3](https://10086.cn/uploadBaseDir/content/pdf/20240820/20240820194552678M7J.pdf)\n\n## History\n\nThe area's administrative history reaches back over a millennium. Under the [Tang dynasty](https://www.edgepedia.org/tang-dynasty), Yongning County (永宁县) was established in 621 (the fourth year of the Wude era) and was renamed Guangji County in 742 (the first year of the Tianbao era); the Qing-dynasty gazetteers record that the county belonged to Huangzhou Prefecture through the Ming and Qing.[8](https://www.fx361.com/page/2020/1117/11078568.shtml) The riverside town of Wuxue itself was a noted commercial port; Qing sources describe it in the early Qing as a busy trading stop nicknamed \"Little Hankou,\" and the 1876 Sino-British Chefoo Convention listed Wuxue port as a stop for foreign vessels, making it a gateway of eastern Hubei.[9](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/0?fromModule=lemma_inlink)\n\nIn 1987, with [State Council](https://www.edgepedia.org/state-council) approval, Guangji County was abolished and re-established as Wuxue City, taking the name of the former county seat town.[2](https://news.hubeidaily.net/pc/c_5170177.html) • [9](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/0?fromModule=lemma_inlink)\n\n## Economy\n\nWuxue is an industrial city of eastern Hubei with a substantial pharmaceutical and chemical sector; its local gazetteer records chemical and pharmaceutical enterprises including the Guangji Pharmaceutical Group and Xiangyun Chemical Group.[10](https://shizhiku.com/p/detail/wpa235fccd6c/) Preliminary accounting put the city's 2024 gross regional product at 47.749 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% in comparable prices, with secondary industry contributing 18.199 billion yuan and tertiary industry 20.782 billion yuan.[5](https://tjgb.hongheiku.com/xjtjgb/xj2020/61947.html) In 2025 GDP reached 47.911 billion yuan, up 5.1%, with the tertiary sector's share rising to 46.3% of the economy.[6](https://tjgb.hongheiku.com/xjtjgb/xj2020/69648.html)\n\nAgriculture remains significant. In 2024 the city produced 334,200 tons of grain, 8,000 tons of oil crops, and 249,100 tons of vegetables, and slaughtered 1.0932 million hogs.[4](https://www.hbwuxue.com/p/70924.html) The city is officially designated a \"China rapeseed hometown\" (中国油菜之乡).[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/9329097)\n\n## Transport and port\n\nWuxue port is one of the ten major deepwater ports on the Yangtze, and the city sits where the Beijing–Kowloon railway (China's longest railway) and the [Shanghai](https://www.edgepedia.org/shanghai)–[Chongqing](https://www.edgepedia.org/chongqing) expressway (China's longest expressway) converge.[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/9329097) The city has two railway stations, two expressway interchanges, and 69 cargo wharves, and the Wuxue Yangtze River Bridge crosses the river there.[3](https://10086.cn/uploadBaseDir/content/pdf/20240820/20240820194552678M7J.pdf) Recent provincial planning has emphasized upgrading the port's role as an outlet to the sea for the Dabie Mountain region.[11](https://news.hubeidaily.net/mobile/c_2649857.html)\n\n## Population and society\n\nAt the end of 2024 the city had 802,300 registered residents and 657,900 permanent residents, of whom 391,400 lived in urban areas, an urbanization rate of 59.49%.[4](https://www.hbwuxue.com/p/70924.html) Urban disposable income averaged 44,033 yuan and rural disposable income 24,498 yuan in 2024.[4](https://www.hbwuxue.com/p/70924.html)\n\nThe city holds several provincial and national designations, including China Garden City designation-level honors, \"China rapeseed hometown,\" \"China martial arts hometown,\" and \"hometown of Chinese poetry.\"[7](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/9329097)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Wuxue Map – City – Huanggang Shi, Hubei, China, Mapcarta](https://mapcarta.com/15927466)\n2. [永宁广济双阁记, 湖北日报新闻客户端](https://news.hubeidaily.net/pc/c_5170177.html)\n3. [全市版图面积1246平方公里，辖12个镇处、342个村（社区）](https://10086.cn/uploadBaseDir/content/pdf/20240820/20240820194552678M7J.pdf)\n4. [武穴市2024年国民经济和社会发展统计公报, 云上武穴](https://www.hbwuxue.com/p/70924.html)\n5. [(黄冈市)武穴市2024年国民经济和社会发展统计公报, 红黑统计公报库](https://tjgb.hongheiku.com/xjtjgb/xj2020/61947.html)\n6. [(黄冈市)武穴市2025年国民经济和社会发展统计公报, 红黑统计公报库](https://tjgb.hongheiku.com/xjtjgb/xj2020/69648.html)\n7. [武穴市, 中文百科全书](https://www.newton.com.tw/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/9329097)\n8. [清代《广济县志》编修沿革考论, 参考网](https://www.fx361.com/page/2020/1117/11078568.shtml)\n9. [武穴市, 百度百科](https://bkso.baidu.com/item/%E6%AD%A6%E7%A9%B4%E5%B8%82/0?fromModule=lemma_inlink)\n10. [武穴市志(1988-2007), 史志库](https://shizhiku.com/p/detail/wpa235fccd6c/)\n11. [今日好稿丨从\"打码头\"到\"做港口\"，武穴打造大别山区出海口, 湖北日报新闻客户端](https://news.hubeidaily.net/mobile/c_2649857.html)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Places and geography › Settlements and neighborhoods › Cities and towns › Cities, towns, and villages of East Asia › Cities and towns of China › Cities of the Middle Yangtze*\n\n*Initially written Oct 20, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/wuxue", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/wuxue.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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