Hubei Provincial Library

{{Short description|Library in Wuhan, China}}

{{Infobox library

| name = Hubei Provincial Library

| native_name = 湖北省图书馆新馆

| native_name_lang = Chinese

| image = New Hubei Provincial Library.jpg

| image_size = 240

| caption = Hubei Provincial Hall (New Hall)

| country = China

| type =

| established = 1904

| location = Wuhan

| coordinates = {{Coord|30.5562180436488|114.33040337230373}}

| website =

}}

Hubei Provincial Library ({{zh|s=湖北省图书馆|p=hú běi shěng tú shū guǎn}}) is located at south of Sha Lake, Wuhan. It was established in 1904 as Bureau of Books ({{lang|zh|图书局}}) at Wudang Palace ({{lang|zh-hans|武当宫}}), Wuchang, by Zhang Zhidong, the viceroy of Huguang. The New library has a construction area of about 100,000 square meters, the reading rooms can hold 6300 people at the same time. The library has a collection of more than 5,500,000 volumes as of 2017.{{cite web|date=2014-02-28|url=http://www.hbwh.gov.cn/ywb/sub/5204.htm|title=Introduction of Hubei Provincial Library|accessdate=2017-12-28}}

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