Huangzhou District

Huangzhou District is an urban district of Huanggang, Hubei province, China.

Huangzhou
黄州区
Hwangchow, Hoang-tcheou
District
Li Siguang Memorial Museum
Li Siguang Memorial Museum
Huangzhou is located in Hubei
Huangzhou
Huangzhou
Location in Hubei
Coordinates: 30°26′02″N 114°52′44″E
CountryChina
ProvinceHubei
Prefecture-level cityHuanggang
Area
 • Total362.37 km2 (139.91 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total456,862
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.huangzhou.gov.cn
Huangzhou District
Traditional Chinese黃州區
Simplified Chinese黄州区
Literal meaningDistrict of the Yellow Prefectural Seat

History
Maps of "Hoang-tcheou-fou" and "Yong-tcheou-fou" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries.

In 845 BC Marquis Wen 文侯 Huang Meng 黃孟 (aka Huang Zhang 黃璋) moved the capital of the State of Huang from Yicheng to Huangchuan (present-day Huangchuan, Henan). Huang Xi's descendants ruled State of Huang until 648 BC when it was destroyed by the State of Chu. The Marquis of Huang, Marquis Mu 穆侯 Huang Qisheng 黃企生, fled to the state of Qi. The people of Huang were forced to relocate to Chu. They settled in the region of present-day Hubei province, in a region known as the Jiangxia Prefecture 江夏郡 during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). There are many places in this region today that were named after Huang e.g. Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei, Huangshi, Huang'an (now Hong'an), Huangzhou etc. A large number of the people of Huang were also relocated to regions south of the Yangtze River.

Huangzhou was previously a separate city which administered a prefecture in its own right. Huanggang Middle School and the campuses of Huanggang Normal University are located in Huangzhou.

Geography
Map including Huangzhou (labeled as HUANG-KANG (HWANG CHOW) (walled) 黃岡) (1953)

Administrative Divisions

Huangzhou District administers 5 subdistricts, 3 towns and 1 township:[2]

Subdistricts
Towns
Township
Other Area
  • Railway Station Economic Development Area (火车站经济开发区)

References
  1. "黄冈市第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——地区人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Huanggang. 2021-06-02.
  2. 2022年统计用区划代码（黄州区） [2022 Statistical Division Codes (Huangzhou District)]. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.
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