Hankou p Hànkou),
formerly romanized as Hankow, was one of the three cities whose merging formed modern-day
Wuhan municipality, the capital of the
Hubei province,
China. It stands north of the
Han and
Yangtze Rivers where the Han falls into the Yangtze. Hankou is connected by bridges to its former sister cities
Hanyang (between Han and Yangtze) and
Wuchang (on the south side of the Yangtze).