Huangshi
30°12′04″N 115°02′20″E / 30.2011°N 115.0390°E
Huangshi
Hwangshih | |
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Coordinates (Huangshi Central Hospital ( | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Municipal seat | Xialu District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 4,582.85 km2 (1,769.45 sq mi) |
• Urban | 233.80 km2 (90.27 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,800.1 km2 (695.0 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,469,079 |
• Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
• Urban | 695,894 |
• Urban density | 3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,567,108 |
• Metro density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 122.8 billion US$ 19.7 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 50,053 US$ 8,036 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HB-02 |
Licence plate prefixes | 鄂B |
Website |
Huangshi (simplified Chinese:
History
[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2024) |
In 845 BC, Marquis Wen (
On 9 March 1944, 18 CACW B-25s escorted by 24 P-40s bombed a foundry and floating docks at Huangshi in Hubei. They were intercepted by Japanese fighters from the 25th and 9th Sentai and lost 2 P-40s.
Geography
[edit]Huangshi is located in southeastern Hubei province, primarily along the southwestern bank of one of the major bends in the Yangtze River. It is located 100 kilometers (62 mi)[4] southeast of Wuhan, and borders Jiangxi province to the south. Its area was reported by the local government as 4,583 square kilometers (1,770 sq mi);[5] elsewhere, the number of 4,630 square kilometers (1,790 sq mi) was given. The terrain is mostly small mountains and hills. The tallest mountain is 7 Summit Mountain with an elevation of 860 meters (2,820 ft) above sea level. Huangshi is also located in a major lake district between Hunan's Dongting Lake and Jiangxi's Poyang lake and has dozens of large lakes.
Climate
[edit]Huangshi's climate is sub-temperate. Average annual temperature is 17 °C (63 °F) and precipitation is 1,400 mm (55.1 in). There are 264 frost free days. It is possible to see limited snowfall between December and February.
Climate data for Huangshi (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.9 (53.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.8 (38.8) |
14.4 (57.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 66.9 (2.63) |
82.6 (3.25) |
118.3 (4.66) |
163.2 (6.43) |
174.3 (6.86) |
239.7 (9.44) |
235.4 (9.27) |
141.0 (5.55) |
78.2 (3.08) |
68.8 (2.71) |
63.4 (2.50) |
40.0 (1.57) |
1,471.8 (57.95) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.1 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 137.1 |
Average snowy days | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 76 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 81.1 | 86.1 | 111.1 | 141.4 | 152.3 | 138.9 | 192.3 | 195.2 | 157.3 | 144.4 | 120.4 | 109.6 | 1,630.1 |
Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 36 | 33 | 45 | 48 | 43 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 36 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] |
Administration
[edit]As of 2016[update], Huangshi had 4 districts, 1 county, and 1 county-level city:[8][9][10][11]
NBS Area No. | Name (from Mand.) | Chinese (Simp.) | ||||
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420201000000 | city-administered area | |||||
Districts | ||||||
420202000000 | Huangshigang District | |||||
420203000000 | Xisaishan District | |||||
420204000000 | Xialu District | |||||
420205000000 | Tieshan District | 铁山 | ||||
former | Shihuiyao District | |||||
County | ||||||
420222000000 | Yangxin County | 阳新县 | ||||
County-level City | ||||||
420281000000 | Daye | |||||
Other Areas | ||||||
- | Huangshi Economic Technology Development District |
Map[12] |
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Demographics
[edit]According to the Fifth Population Census of China (2000), the entire prefecture-level city of Huangshi had 2,476,400 people, making for the population density of 540 people per square kilometer.[13] More than 99% of the population belong to the Han ethnic group.
According to Google Maps there are 686.894 people in Huangshi; this refers, presumably, to Huangshi's urban core (Huangshigang District 196,600 people, density 5757 people /km2; West Fort Mountain (Xisaishan) Area, 244,000, density 2171 people /km2; Xialu District, 146,600 people, density 2536 people /km2),[13] and excludes the far-flung Yangxin County, Daye, and Tieshan.
Economy
[edit]Huangshi's GDP for 2003 was 27.5 billion CNY. Its proximity to Wuhan and location along major rail lines and the Yangtze River make Huangshi an important logistics, distribution, and transportation hub. Mineral resources are plentiful in Huangshi giving it the nickname "The Southern Cornucopia". Metals include iron, manganese, gold, copper, tungsten, molybdenum, zinc, lead, cobalt, silver, gallium, and thallium. Other mineral resources include germanium, indium, selenium, tellurium, sulfur, calcite, limestone, celestine, plaster, and many others.
Agriculture is also a major part of Huangshi's economy. There are more than 3000 species of plants in Huangshi, many of them used for food, pharmaceuticals, and fragrance.
Other industries include metallurgy, textiles, construction materials, energy, light manufacturing, electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food processing.
2 of the biggest companies in the city are the Daye Steel Co. Ltd Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine (
Transportation
[edit]The prefecture-level city is served by G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway, G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, National Highways 106 and 316 and Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway. The city has two Yangtze River crossings, the Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge and the Edong Yangtze River Bridge.
Many of the passenger trains traveling on the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway between Wuhan (Wuchang and Wuhan Stations) and the points southeast make stops at the Huangshi and Yangxin stations. The Huangshi Station is located within the administrative borders of Daye County-level city (30°9′23″N 114°56′5″E / 30.15639°N 114.93472°E), about 5 km (3 mi) north of downtown Daye and 10 km (6 mi) west of downtown Huangshi. The Yangxin Station is near Yangxin County's county seat, Xingguo Town.
Although Huangshi's main urban area is some distance away from the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway mainline, it is connected to it by a dead-end branch, of considerable importance for the local industries. It runs all the way to Huangshi's river port on the Yangtze. There was even a downtown passenger station on this branch (Huangshi East Railway Station, 30°12′25″N 115°5′5″E / 30.20694°N 115.08472°E), but, as of 2012[update], it was served by very few trains,[14] and by 2015, was not in operation anymore.
In 2014, the Wuhan-Huangshi line of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway opened. The three stations of this commuter rail system in the Huangshi area are Huahu (
Tourism
[edit]Huangshi is situated amongst numerous picturesque lakes and mountains. One of Huangshi's more famous sites is the Buddhist Temple on Dongfang Mountain (东方
Cihu Lake with surrounding Cihu Lake Scenery Park (磁湖风景
The former eastern pit of the Daye Iron Mine, which operated from the late 1890s until 2000, has been converted into Huangshi National Mining Park (
Xisaishan, located on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the eastern part of the city, provides views of the city and Yangtze River below (considered a 3A class tourist attraction).[citation needed]
The Old Site of Huaxin Cement Plant (华新
Notable people
[edit]- Chen Shu, actress
- Cheng Fei, gymnast
- He Xiaopeng, entrepreneur
- Huang Zhe, rower
- Ke Hua, canoeist
- Ke Zhao, footballer
- Li Shanshan, gymnast
- Ling Tai, actress
- Liu Yun, footballer
- Ma Liuming, painter
- Shi Zhenglu, lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army
- Tang Anqi, singer
- Wei Guangqing, painter
- Yin Congyao, footballer
- Yu Yangyi, Chess grandmaster
- Zhan Jian, Singaporean table tennis player
- Zhang Yongjun, basketball coach and former player
- Zhang Yuqi, singer
- Zheng Kaimu, footballer
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