Editing Wuhan (section)

==Etymology==
The name "Wuhan" comes from the two major cities on the banks of the [[Yangtze River]] that make up the Wuhan metropolis: "Wu" refers to the city of [[Wuchang]] ({{lang-zh|c=武昌}}), which lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze, while "Han" refers to the city of [[Hankou]] ({{lang-zh|s=汉口}}), which lies on the northern bank of the Yangtze. "Hankou" means "Mouth of the Han", from its position at the confluence of the Han with the Yangtze River.

In 1926, the [[Northern Expedition]] reached the Wuhan area and it was decided to merge Hankou, Wuchang and [[Hanyang District|Hanyang]] into one city in order to make a new capital for Nationalist China. On January 1, 1927,<ref name="history1">{{cite web|script-title=zh:武汉市历史沿革|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15225.html|date=August 6, 2014|access-date=April 6, 2018|quote={{lang|zh-hans|1927 年1月1日，中央临时联席会议宣布，国民政府在汉口开始办公。国民政府命令将武昌、汉口、汉阳三镇合为京兆区，定名"武汉"，作为临时首都。4月16日，武汉市政委员会成立，武昌市政厅撤销；三镇首次统 – 行政建制。}}|language=zh-hans|publisher=XZQH.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211161122/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15225.html|archive-date=December 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> the resulting city was proclaimed as '{{lang-zh|t={{linktext|武漢}}|labels=no}}' (the traditional Chinese characters for 'Wuhan'), which was later [[Simplified Chinese characters|simplified]] as '{{lang|zh-hans|武汉}}' (also 'Wuhan').<ref name="历史沿革">{{cite web| url=http://jianghan.gov.cn/zoujinjianghan/lsyg/201202/t20120214_41133.html|script-title=zh:历史沿革| access-date=March 21, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625224752/http://www.jianghan.gov.cn/zoujinjianghan/lsyg/201202/t20120214_41133.html| archive-date=June 25, 2012}}</ref><ref name="江汉综述">{{cite web | url=http://www.whfz.gov.cn:8080/pub/dqwx/qnj/jhnj07/content.htm | script-title=zh:江汉综述 | access-date=March 21, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202181053/http://www.whfz.gov.cn:8080/pub/dqwx/qnj/jhnj07/content.htm | archive-date=February 2, 2014 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="武汉的由来">{{cite web | url=http://www.whdaj.gov.cn/jcfm/zg-01.htm | script-title=zh:"武汉"的由来 | access-date=March 31, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425210116/http://www.whdaj.gov.cn/jcfm/zg-01.htm | archive-date=April 25, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>