Huanggang

Huanggang
黄冈市
Hwangkang
Clockwise: Huanggang skyline, Li Siguang Memorial Museum, Shopping street in Huangzhou, Mount Tashan near Fengshan.
Location of Huanggang City jurisdiction in Hubei
Location of Huanggang City jurisdiction in Hubei
Huanggang is located in Hubei
Huanggang
Huanggang
Location of downtown Huanggang in Hubei
Huanggang is located in China
Huanggang
Huanggang
Huanggang (China)
Coordinates (Huanggang municipal government): 30°27′13″N 114°52′21″E / 30.4537°N 114.8724°E / 30.4537; 114.8724
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Municipal seatHuangzhou District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city17,446.63 km2 (6,736.18 sq mi)
 • Urban
363.23 km2 (140.24 sq mi)
 • Metro
963.44 km2 (371.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city5,882,719
 • Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
 • Urban
456,862
 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,152,559
 • Metro density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 158.9 billion
US$ 25.5 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 25,319
US$ 4,065
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-HB-11
Local DialectLower Yangtze Mandarin
Website黄冈市政府门户网站 (Huanggang City Government Web Portal) (in Chinese)
Huanggang
Simplified Chinese黄冈
Traditional Chinese黃岡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuánggāng
Wade–GilesHuang2-kang1
IPA[xwǎŋkáŋ]

Huanggang is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Hubei Province, China. It is situated to the north of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is bounded in the north by the Dabie Mountains and is named after Mount Huanggang.[1] It borders Henan in the north, Anhui in the east and Jiangxi in the south.

The city's administrative area covers 17,453 square kilometers (6,739 sq mi) and the total population was 5,882,719 as of the 2020 census whom 456,862 resided in the Huangzhou urban district, making it the second most populous city in the province by administrative population, after Wuhan,[4] the provincial capital. the Ezhou – Huanggang built-up (or metro) area was home to 1,152,559 inhabitants comprising (Echeng district and Huangzhou district of Huanggang), and many of its residents work in Wuhan.[4] In 2007, the city is named China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at the 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.[5]

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  2. ^ "China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ^ 湖北省统计局、国家统计局湖北调查总队 (August 2016). 《湖北统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7847-6. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b 湖北黄冈9个县市确诊病例全部“清零”. Xinhua. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ^ "China's Top 10 Most Livable Cities". hnloudi.gov.cn. Hunan Loudi Official Government. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014.