Jianghan District forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13
districts of
Wuhan, the capital of
Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is situated on the northwest (left) bank of the
Yangtze River. It is both the least spacious and most densely populated of the districts of Wuhan. On the left bank of the Yangtze, it borders
Dongxihu to the north,
Jiang'an to the northeast,
Hanyang to the south, and
Qiaokou to the west; on the opposite bank it borders
Wuchang.