Wuhan may not be a well-known Chinese 1 like Beijing or Shanghai. But the place where the coronavirus outbreak 2 is, in fact, a crowded metropolis with connections to 3 of the globe. 4 vary on the exact size of the population, with local government officials putting the 5 at 11 million, though UN data from 2018 says 8.9 million people live in the 6 Chinese city.