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{{Infobox settlement
| name = {{raise|0.2em|Wuhan}}
| official_name = <!-- Official name in English if different from 'name' -->
| native_name = {{lower|0.1em|武汉市}}
| settlement_type = [[Kota setingkat prefektur]] & [[Divisi subprovinsi|Kota subprovinsi]]
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
| border = infobox
| total_width = 290
| image_style = border:1;
| perrow = 1/2/2
| image1 = WuhanSkyline.jpg
| image2 = Yellow Crane Tower, 2013 photo.jpg
| image3 = Guishan TV tower.JPG
| image4 = 湖北省博物館.jpg
| image5 = Wuhan-Donghu-dike-0375.jpg
}}
| image_size = 280
| image_caption = Searah jarum jam: Pemandangan Wuhan dari [[Menara Bangau Kuning]], [[Menara Televisi Guishan]], jalan lintasan di [[Danau Timur, Wuhan|Danau Timur]], [[Museum Provinsi Hubei]], [[Menara Bangau Kuning]]
| motto = {{lang|zh-hans|武汉, 每天不一样}}{{spaces|2}}<br/><small>("Wuhan, Berbeda Setiap Harinya")
| image_map1 = Wuhan_in_Hubei.png
| map_caption1 = Lokasi Kota Wuhan di dalam provinsi Hubei
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label_position = top
| pushpin_map_caption = Lokasi di bagian timur Tiongkok
| subdivision_type = Negara
| subdivision_name = {{nowrap|{{PRC}}}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinsi di Tiongkok|Provinsi]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Hubei]]
| established_title = Didirikan
| established_date = 1500 SM
| established_title2 = Penyatuan pertama
| established_date2 = 1 Januari 1927<ref name="history2">{{cite web|script-title=zh:武汉市历史沿革|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15225_2.html|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2018|language=zh-hans|publisher=www.XZQH.org|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210120959/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15225_2.html|archive-date=February 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="xingzhengquhua">{{cite web|script-title=zh:行政建置|url=http://www.wh.gov.cn/2018wh/zjwh_5785/whgk/201808/t20180824_223224.html|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=October 17, 2018|language=zh-hans|publisher=Wuhan Municipal People's Government |title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082522/http://www.wh.gov.cn/2018wh/zjwh_5785/whgk/201808/t20180824_223224.html|archive-date=October 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
| nickname = {{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|九省通衢}}}}<ref name="Readmeok Sina">{{cite web|url=http://www.readmeok.com/2012-5/21_11860.html|script-title=zh:图文："黄金十字架"写就第一笔|publisher=Sina|date=30 March 2009|accessdate=21 February 2018|quote={{lang|zh-hans|武汉历史上就是"九省通衢"，在中央促进中部崛起战略中被定位为"全国性综合交通运输枢纽"。}}|url-status=live|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113420/http://www.readmeok.com/2012-5/21_11860.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="City government 九省通衢">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wh.gov.cn/theme/include/htm/whgl/frame04.htm |script-title=zh:九省通衢|website=The government of Wuhan|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127235821/http://www.wh.gov.cn/theme/include/htm/whgl/frame04.htm|archive-date=27 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref>{{spaces|2}}<br/><small>"[[Sembilan Provinsi (Tiongkok)|Jalan Sembilan Provinsi]]"</small><br/><small>"Chicago-nya Tiongkok"</small><ref name="timemagazine">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,848985,00.html |title=Foreign News: On To Chicago |work=Time |accessdate=November 20, 2011 |date=June 13, 1938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105114835/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,848985,00.html |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Chicago is all over the place">{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-13/news/ct-talk-nato-chicago-0513-20120513_1_violent-crime-chicago-connection-south-america-s-chicago |title=Chicago is all over the place |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=May 22, 2012 |author=Jacob, Mark |date=May 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511215253/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-13/news/ct-talk-nato-chicago-0513-20120513_1_violent-crime-chicago-connection-south-america-s-chicago |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="水野幸吉 Mizuno Kokichi 2014 3">{{cite book |script-title=zh:中国中部事情：汉口 |trans-title=Central China: Hankou |publisher=Wuhan Press |author={{Nihongo2|水野幸吉}} (Mizuno Kokichi) |year=2014 |pages=3 |isbn=9787543084612}}</ref><br/><small>"Kota Sungai"</small> ({{lang|zh|江城}}){{spaces|2}}<small>
| parts_type = Divisi<ref name="history2"/><ref name="xingzhengquhua"/><br /> [[Pembagian administratif Tiongkok|Setingkat county]]<br /> [[Pembagian administratif Tiongkok|Setingkat kota praja]]
| parts = <br />13 [[Distrik, Tiongkok|distrik]]<br />156 [[Subdistrik, Tiongkok|subdistrik]], 1 [[Kota praja, Tiongkok|kota praja]], 3 [[daerah administrasi kota praja]]
| leader_title = [[Sekretaris Komite Partai|Sekretaris Partai]]
| leader_name = Ma Guoqiang
| leader_title1 = [[Wali Kota]]
| leader_name1 = [[Zhou Xianwang]] ({{lang|zh-hans|周先旺}})<ref name="wanyong">{{cite web|script-title=zh:武汉市信息公开|url=http://www.wh.gov.cn/whszfwz/szzc/sztlz/|accessdate=5 April 2018|quote={{lang|zh-hans|2017年2月19日，在武汉市第十四届人民代表大会第一次会议上当选为武汉市政府市长。}}|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406102552/http://www.wh.gov.cn/whszfwz/szzc/sztlz/|archive-date=April 6, 2018|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| area_footnotes = <ref name="yearbook">{{cite web|title=Wuhan Statistical Yearbook 2010|url=http://www.whtj.gov.cn/documents/tjnj2010.pdf|publisher=Wuhan Statistics Bureau|accessdate=July 31, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105213243/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/documents/tjnj2010.pdf|archivedate=November 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}}p. 15</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 8494,41
| area_urban_km2 = 1528
| area_urban_footnotes = (2018)<ref name="demo 14th 22">{{Cite book|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|title=Demographia World Urban Areas. 14th Annual Edition|last=Cox|first=W|publisher=Demographia|year=2018|location=St. Louis|pages=22|access-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503021711/http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|archive-date=May 3, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| population_urban = {{formatnum:8896900}}<ref name="武汉常住人口突破1100万 城市吸引力稳步提升">{{cite web |script-title=zh:武汉常住人口突破1100万 城市吸引力稳步提升 |url=http://www.hb.xinhuanet.com/2019-03/26/c_1124281764.htm |website=[[Xinhua]] Hubei |script-newspaper=zh:长江日报 |date=26 March 2019 |accessdate=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817100249/http://www.hb.xinhuanet.com/2019-03/26/c_1124281764.htm |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_urban_footnotes = (2018)<ref name="demo 14th 22" />
| elevation_m = 37
| elevation_ft = 121
| population_total = {{formatnum:11081000}}<ref name="武汉常住人口突破1100万 城市吸引力稳步提升">{{cite web |script-title=zh:武汉常住人口突破1100万 城市吸引力稳步提升 |url=http://www.hb.xinhuanet.com/2019-03/26/c_1124281764.htm |website=[[Xinhua]] Hubei |script-newspaper=zh:长江日报 |date=26 March 2019 |accessdate=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817100249/http://www.hb.xinhuanet.com/2019-03/26/c_1124281764.htm |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2018
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro = 19 juta<ref name="oecd2015" />
| demographics_type2 = [[Daftar kelompok etnis di Tiongkok|Kelompok etnis]] mayoritas
| demographics2_title1 = Kelompok etnis mayoritas
| demographics2_info1 = [[Suku Han|Han]]
| demographics_type1 = Bahasa
| demographics1_title1 = Bahasa
| demographics1_info1 = [[Dialek Wuhan]], [[Bahasa Mandarin Baku]]
| postal_code_type = [[Kode pos Tiongkok|Kode pos]]
| postal_code = '''4300'''00–'''4304'''00
| area_code = 0027
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:CN|CN-HB-01]]
| blank1_name_sec2 = Pohon resmi
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Metasequoia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE "LIVING FOSSIL" METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES (TAXODIACEAE): A REVIEW (1943–2003)|url=http://www.metasequoia.org/chronicle.pdf|publisher=Harvard College|page=15|quote=1984 In the spring, Metasequoia was chosen as the "City Tree" of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei.|date=2003|accessdate=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306151512/http://www.metasequoia.org/chronicle.pdf|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.wuhan.gov.cn|武汉政府门户网站 (Portal web Pemerintah Wuhan)|}}
{{URL|english.wh.gov.cn|English Wuhan|}}
| timezone = [[Waktu Standar Tiongkok]]
| utc_offset = +8
| blank_name = GDP<ref name="GDP2010">{{cite web|script-title=zh:武汉市2010年国民经济和社会发展统计公报|url=http://www.tjcn.org/tjgb/201103/18954.html|publisher=Wuhan Statistics Bureau|date=May 10, 2011|accessdate=July 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023035033/http://www.tjcn.org/tjgb/201103/18954.html|archive-date=October 23, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| blank_info = 2020
| blank1_name = - Total
| blank1_info = [[Renminbi|RMB]] 1.485 triliun<br />USD 224.28 miliar ([[Daftar divisi administrasi Tiongkok menurut PDB|peringkat ke-8]])
| blank2_name = - Per kapita
| blank2_info = RMB 138,759<br />USD 20,960 (nominal) - 40,594 (paritas daya beli) ([[Daftar divisi administrasi Tiongkok menurut PDB per kapita|peringkat ke-11]])
| blank3_name = - Pertumbuhan
| blank3_info = {{increase}} 8% (2018)
| blank4_name = [[Pelat registrasi kendaraan di Tiongkok|Nomor kendaraan bermotor]]
| blank4_info = {{lang|zh-cn|鄂A}}<br />{{lang|zh-cn|鄂O}} (polisi dan otoritas setempat)
| blank2_name_sec2 = Bunga resmi
| blank2_info_sec2 = [[Prunus mume|Plum mekar]]<ref name="torchrelay">{{cite web|script-title=zh:北京奥运会火炬境内传递城市|trans-title=Beijing Olympic torch relay city within the city|url=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_494e8eaf01008rtq.html|website=blog.sina.com.cn|date=26 March 2008|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181842/http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_494e8eaf01008rtq.html|archive-date=January 18, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
}}
'''Wuhan''' ({{IPAc-en|w|uː|ˈ|h|ae|n}} atau {{IPAc-en|w|uː|ˈ|h|ɑː|n|,_|'|w|u:|-}};<ref>{{lexico|Wuhan}}</ref> {{zh|s={{linktext|武汉}}|t={{linktext|武漢}}}} {{IPAc-cmn|AUD|zh-Wuhan.ogg|wu |3|.|h|an|4}}) adalah [[ibu kota]] provinsi [[Hubei]], [[Tiongkok]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Illuminating China's Provinces, Municipalities and Autonomous Regions: Hubei |url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/43585.htm |work=China.org.cn |publisher=PRC Central Government |access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619213235/http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/43585.htm|archive-date=June 19, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Kota ini merupakan kota terbesar di Hubei sekaligus yang terpadat penduduknya di [[Tiongkok Tengah]].<ref name="Focus on Wuhan, China">{{cite web |url=http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/eng/document.jsp?did=96289&cid=512&oid=32 |title=Focus on Wuhan, China |publisher=The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service |access-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212120036/http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/eng/document.jsp?did=96289&cid=512&oid=32 |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dengan jumlah penduduk lebih dari 11 juta jiwa, Wuhan menempati [[Daftar kota di Tiongkok menurut populasi|peringkat ke-9 kota terpadat]] dan menjadi salah satu dari 9 [[Kota Pusat Nasional]] yang ada di Tiongkok.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201802/09/WS5a7ce35fa3106e7dcc13baec.html |script-title=zh:国家中心城市 |trans-title=National central cities |author=Zhao Manfeng ({{lang|zh-hans|赵满丰}}) |website=usa.chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=May 20, 2018 |title=Archived copy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520124743/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201802/09/WS5a7ce35fa3106e7dcc13baec.html |archive-date=May 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nama "Wuhan" diambil dari penggabungan 3 kota bersejarah yaitu: [[Distrik Wuchang|Wuchang]], [[Hankou]] dan [[Distrik Hanyang|Hanyang]], ketiganya disebut "Tiga Kota praja Wuhan" (武汉三镇). Wuhan terletak di timur [[Dataran Jianghan]], di [[tempuran sungai]] [[Yangtze]] dengan anak sungai terbesarnya, [[Sungai Han (Hubei)|Sungai Han]], Wuhan juga dijuluki dengan istilah "[[Sembilan Provinsi (Tiongkok)|Jalan Sembilan Provinsi]]" ({{zh|labels=no|t={{linktext|九省通衢}}}}).<ref name="Readmeok Sina"/>
Wuhan dianggap oleh beberapa orang sebagai salah satu situs potensial [[Pertempuran Tebing Merah]], sebuah pertempuran yang menghentikan serangan panglima perang [[Cao Cao]] ke Tiongkok selatan pada akhir [[Dinasti Han Timur]]. Peristiwa bersejarah lainnya yang terjadi di Wuhan termasuk [[Pemberontakan Wuchang]] tahun 1911, yang menyebabkan jatuhnya [[dinasti Qing]] dan disusul dengan berdirinya [[Republik Tiongkok (1912–1949)|Republik Tiongkok]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.britannica.com/2011/10/wuchang-uprising-double-ten-10101911.html|title=The Wuchang Uprising on Double Ten (10/10/1911) {{!}} Britannica Blog|website=blogs.britannica.com|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408204155/http://blogs.britannica.com/2011/10/wuchang-uprising-double-ten-10101911.html|archive-date=April 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Wuhan sempat menjadi ibu kota Tiongkok pada tahun 1927 di bawah [[Pemerintahan Wuhan|pemerintahan]] sayap kiri [[Kuomintang]] (KMT), yang dipimpin oleh [[Wang Jingwei]].<ref name="Remaking the Chinese City">{{cite book|title=Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900–1950|author=Stephen R. MacKinnon|publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=2002|isbn=978-0824825188|page=161|author-link=Wuhan's Search for Identity in the Republican Period}}</ref> Kota ini kemudian menjadi ibu kota Tiongkok pada masa perang, sekitar sepuluh bulan pada tahun 1937 selama [[Perang Tiongkok-Jepang Kedua]].<ref name="AN AMERICAN IN CHINA: 1936-39 A Memoir">{{cite web|url=http://www.willysthomas.net/HankowInfo.htm|title=An American in China: 1936–39 A Memoir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512075531/http://www.willysthomas.net/HankowInfo.htm|archive-date=May 12, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Wuhan, 1938">{{cite book|title=Wuhan, 1938: War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China|author=Stephen R. MacKinnon|year=2008|publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0520254459|page=12}}</ref>
Wuhan dianggap sebagai pusat politik, ekonomi, keuangan, komersial, budaya, dan pendidikan di wilayah [[Tiongkok Tengah]]<ref name="Focus on Wuhan, China" /> serta menjadi pusat transportasi utama, dengan lusinan jalur kereta api, jalan raya dan jalan tol yang menghubungkan ke kota-kota besar lainnya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/resume/n/200906/20090606358864.html|script-title=zh:武汉获批全国首个交通枢纽研究试点城市|date=June 25, 2009|website=Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224022939/http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/resume/n/200906/20090606358864.html|archive-date=December 24, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Karena peran utamanya dalam transportasi domestik, Wuhan terkadang disebut "[[Chicago]]-nya Tiongkok" oleh sumber-sumber asing.<ref name="timemagazine" /><ref name="Chicago is all over the place" /><ref name="水野幸吉 Mizuno Kokichi 2014 3" /> "Jalan Air Emas" Sungai Yangtze dan Sungai Han melintasi kawasan perkotaan dan membagi Wuhan menjadi tiga distrik yaitu [[Distrik Wuchang|Wuchang]], [[Hankou]] dan [[Distrik Hanyang|Hanyang]]. [[Jembatan Sungai Yangtze Wuhan|Jembatan Sungai Yangtze]] melintasi Yangtze di bagian tengah kota. [[Bendungan Tiga Ngarai]] menjadi [[Daftar pembangkit listrik terbesar|pembangkit listrik terbesar di dunia]] dari segi [[kapasitas terpasang]], berada tidak jauh dari kota Wuhan. Secara historis, Wuhan sering mengalami musibah banjir,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jing|first=Li|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/23/inside-chinas-leading-sponge-city-wuhans-war-with-water|title=Inside China's leading 'sponge city': Wuhan's war with water|date=January 23, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 13, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613091512/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/23/inside-chinas-leading-sponge-city-wuhans-war-with-water|archive-date=June 13, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> sehingga mendorong pemerintah untuk mengatasi situasi ini dengan memperkenalkan mekanisme penyerapan air yang ramah lingkungan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/17/asia/china-sponge-cities/index.html|title=China's 'sponge cities' aim to re-use 70% of rainwater|last=Hartley|first=Asit K. Biswas, Kris|website=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613051918/https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/17/asia/china-sponge-cities/index.html|archive-date=June 13, 2019|access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref>
Selain itu Wuhan juga telah menjadi pusat manufaktur tradisional selama beberapa dekade dan menjadi salah satu kawasan yang mempromosikan perubahan industri modern di Tiongkok. Wuhan memiliki tiga zona pengembangan nasional, empat taman pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi, lebih dari 350 lembaga penelitian, 1.656 perusahaan teknologi tinggi, menjadi inkubator perusahaan dan tempat investasi dari 230 perusahaan yang termasuk dalam daftar Fortune Global 500.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/china-chine/market-facts-faits-sur-le-marche/96289.aspx?lang=eng|title=Focus on Wuhan, China|last=Government of Canada|first=Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada|date=September 8, 2009|website=www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217025408/http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/china-chine/market-facts-faits-sur-le-marche/96289.aspx?lang=eng|archive-date=December 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Semuanya itu menghasilkan PDB sebesar US$224 miliar pada tahun 2018. Produsen mobil [[Dongfeng Motor Corporation]], juga berkantor pusat di Wuhan. Kota ini menjadi rumah bagi beberapa [[Daftar universitas dan perguruan tinggi di Hubei|lembaga pendidikan tinggi terkemuka]], termasuk [[Universitas Wuhan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cuaa.net/cur/2014/xjindex.shtml |script-title=zh:校友会2017中国大学排行榜700强揭晓，北京大学十连冠 – 艾瑞深校友会网2019中国大学排行榜,中国大学研究生院排行榜,中国 – 流大学,中国大学创业富豪榜,中国独立学院排行榜,中国民办大学排行榜|website=www.cuaa.net|language=en|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606145337/http://www.cuaa.net/cur/2014/xjindex.shtml|archive-date=June 6, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> serta [[Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Huazhong]]. Wuhan juga merupakan salah satu kota besar di dunia menurut hasil penelitian ilmiah dan menempati peringkat [[Daftar kota berdasarkan hasil ilmiah|ke-13]] secara global dan ke-4 di Tiongkok (setelah [[Beijing]], [[Shanghai]] dan [[Nanjing]]).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Nature Index 2020 Science Cities {{!}} Supplements {{!}} Nature Index|url=https://www.natureindex.com/supplements/nature-index-2020-science-cities/tables/overall|access-date=September 27, 2020|website=www.natureindex.com}}</ref> Pada tahun 2017, Wuhan ditetapkan [[UNESCO]] menjadi [[Jaringan Kota Kreatif UNESCO|Kota Kreatif]] di bidang desain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities//node/1086|title=Wuhan {{!}} Creative Cities Network|website=en.unesco.org|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513031948/https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/node/1086|archive-date=May 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Wuhan dikategorikan sebagai kota "Beta-" bersama dengan tujuh kota lain di Tiongkok, termasuk [[Changsha]], [[Dalian]], [[Jinan]], [[Shenyang]], [[Xiamen]], [[Xi'an]] dan [[Zhengzhou]] oleh [[Globalisasi dan Jaringan Penelitian Kota Dunia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The World According to GaWC 2020 |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html |website=GaWC – Research Network |publisher=Globalization and World Cities |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>
Pada Desember 2019, Wuhan dikenal sebagai tempat awal munculnya [[Wabah koronavirus baru 2019–2020|pandemi COVID-19]] (Novel CoronaVirus), yang memiliki gejala seperti [[SARS]]. Virus ini dijuluki Virus Wuhan karena infeksi awal virus tersebut berawal dari kota ini.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/08/health/china-wuhan-pneumonia-virus-intl-hnk/index.html|title=A new virus related to SARS is the culprit in China's mysterious pneumonia outbreak, scientists say|author=Nectar Gan|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=9 January 2020|accessdate=9 January 2020}}</ref> Pada Januari 2020, dilaporkan bahwa otoritas Tiongkok mengisolasi kota Wuhan dengan tujuan "memperlambat wabah" koronavirus. Usaha mengarantina kota ini berpengaruh baik pada aktivitas transportasi darat maupun udara.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/china-quarantines-wuhan-to-prevent-spread-of-coronavirus/|title=China Quarantines Wuhan to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus|date=2020-01-22|website=National Review|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>
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