Macheng

Macheng
麻城市
Macheng urban area
Macheng urban area
Nickname: 
Azalea city
Macheng is located in Hubei
Macheng
Macheng
Location in Hubei
Coordinates (Macheng government): 31°10′23″N 115°00′29″E / 31.173°N 115.008°E / 31.173; 115.008
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityHuanggang
Area
3,600 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
 • Urban251.27 km2 (97.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
893,654
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
 • Urban
435,076
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Website麻城市政府门户网站 (Macheng City Government Web Portal) (in Simplified Chinese)

Macheng (Chinese: 麻城; pinyin: Máchéng) is a city in northeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Henan to the north and Anhui to the northeast. It is a county-level city under the administration of Huanggang City and abuts the south side of the Dabie Mountains. The city's administrative area covers about 3,747 square kilometres (1,447 sq mi), and includes some 704 villages and small towns. Total population was 893,654 at the 2020 census.[2]

  1. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 66. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Máchéng Shì (County-level City, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.