Hànkǒu wèiyú Chángjiāng hé Hànshuǐ jiāohuì chù de běi'àn, Qīngcháo mònián jiù chéng le tōngshāng kǒu'àn.
Hankou lies on the north bank where the Yangtze meets the Han, and by the late Qing it had become a treaty port.
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usage
With 武昌 and 汉阳 it makes up the three towns of Wuhan. The name means 'mouth of the Han', where the 汉水 flows into the Yangtze.
history
In the Ming and Qing it was one of China's four great market towns. After it opened as a treaty port in 1861, Britain, Germany, Russia, France and Japan held concessions along its riverfront.
