Huizhou

Huizhou
惠州市
Top:Hejiang Tower, Huizhou West Lake, Middle:Jiangbei skyline, Huicheng District at night Bottom:Shuangyue Bay
Top:Hejiang Tower, Huizhou West Lake,
Middle:Jiangbei skyline, Huicheng District at night
Bottom:Shuangyue Bay
Motto: 
A city to benefit people (惠民之州)
Map
Location of Huizhou in Guangdong
Location of Huizhou in Guangdong
Huizhou is located in China
Huizhou
Huizhou
Location in China
Coordinates (Huizhou government): 23°06′43″N 114°24′58″E / 23.112°N 114.416°E / 23.112; 114.416
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
City1988
Municipal seatHuicheng District
Government
 • CPC SecretaryLi Yiwei (李贻伟)
 • MayorLiu Ji (刘吉)
Area
10,922 km2 (4,217 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,672 km2 (1,032 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,488.5 km2 (574.7 sq mi)
 • Coastline223.6 km2 (86.3 sq mi)
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
 (2020 census[1])
6,042,852
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,494,715
 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,090,578
 • Metro density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 497.7 billion
US$ 77.2 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 82,113
US$ 12,728
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code
516000
Area code0752
ISO 3166 codeCN-GD-13
Licence Plate粤L
Websitewww.huizhou.gov.cn
Huizhou
"Huizhou", as written in Chinese
Chinese惠州
PostalWaichow
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHùizhōu
IPA[xwêɪʈʂóʊ]
Hakka
RomanizationFui4ziu1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWaih-jāu
JyutpingWai6-zau1
IPA[wɐj˨tsɐw˥]

Huizhou (Chinese: 惠州) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, and Daya Bay of the South China Sea to the south. As of the 2020 census, the city has about 6,042,852 inhabitants and is administered as a prefecture-level city.[3] Huizhou's core metropolitan area, which is within Huicheng and Huiyang Districts, is home to around 2,090,578 inhabitants.[4]

  1. ^ "China: Administrative Division of Guăngdōng / 广东省". Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ^ 广东省统计局、国家统计局广东调查总队 (August 2016). 《广东统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7837-7. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area - Map(Huizhou)". www.bayarea.gov.hk. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ "China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".