Ezhou

Ezhou
鄂州市
Left to right, top to bottom: Central Yanglan Lake, Guanyin Pavilion, Lingquan Temple, Yu Liang Gate (looking south), the city viewed from Yanglan Lake
Location in Hubei and the PRC
Location in Hubei and the PRC
Ezhou is located in Hubei
Ezhou
Ezhou
Location in Hubei
Coordinates (Ezhou municipal government): 30°23′29″N 114°53′42″E / 30.3914°N 114.8949°E / 30.3914; 114.8949
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Municipal seatEcheng District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city1,593.54 km2 (615.27 sq mi)
 • Urban
1,593.54 km2 (615.27 sq mi)
 • Metro
963.4 km2 (372.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city1,079,353
 • Density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,079,353
 • Urban density680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,152,559
 • Metro density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 73.0 billion
US$ 11.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 68,924
US$ 11,066
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-HB-07
Licence plate prefixes鄂G
Website鄂州市政府门户网站 (in Simplified Chinese)
Ezhou
Chinese鄂州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÈzhōu
Wade–GilesO4-chou1
IPA[ɤ̂.ʈʂóʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNgok6-zau1
IPA[ŋɔk̚˨ tsɐw˥]

Ezhou (Chinese: 鄂州) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei Province, China. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,079,353, of which 695,697 lived in the core Echeng District. The Ezhou - Huanggang built-up (or metro) area was home to 1,152,559 inhabitants made of the Echeng and Huangzhou, Huanggang Districts.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference xzqhez was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-06-05.