Huangshi

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footnotes = Huangshi (simplified Chinese: 黄石; pinyin: Huángshí) is a prefecture-level city in China's Hubei province.

Geography and Climate

Huangshi is located in southeastern Hubei province, along the southeastern bank of one of the major bends in the Yangtze River. It is east of Wuhan and borders Jiangxi province to the south. Its area is 4,630 km². The terrain is mostly small mountains and hills. The tallest mountain is 7 Summit Mountain with an elevation of 860 meters above sea-level. Huangshi is also located in a major lake district between Hunan's Dongting Lake and Jiangxi's Poyang lake and has dozens of large lakes.

Huangshi's climate is sub-temperate. Average annual temperature is 17 °C and precipitation is 1400 mm. There are 264 frost free days. It snows between December and February.

Administration

Huangshi has 4 districts, 1 development zone, 1 county, and 1 city.

City:
*Daye (大冶市)

Districts:
*Huangshigang (黄石港区)
*Xisaishan (西塞山区)
*Xialu (下陆区)
*Tieshan (铁山区)

County:
*Yangxin (阳新县)

Development Zone:
*Huangshi Economic Development Zone (黄石经济开发区)

Demographics

According to the Fifth Population Census of China (2000), the entire prefecture-level city of Huangshi had 2,476,400 people, making for the population density of 540 people per square kilometer. [http://www.hsgtj.gov.cn:8080/publish/others/english/s_p.jsp Huangshi population statistics] , as reported by Huangshi Prefecture-Level City Government] A later estimate given elsewhere was for more than 2.53 million people. More than 99% of the population belong to the Han ethnic group.

According to Google Map there are 686.894 people in Huangshi; this refers, presumably, to Huangshi's urban core (Huangshigang District196,600 people, density 5757 people /sq.km; West Fort Mountain (Xisaishan) Area, 244,000, density 2171 people /sq.km; Xialu District, 146,600 people, density 2536 people /sq.km), and excludes the far-flung Yangxin County, Daye, and Tieshan.

Economy

Huangshi's GDP for 2003 was 27.5 billion CNY. Its proximity to Wuhan and location along major rail lines and the Yangtze River make Huangshi an important logistics, distribution, and transportation hub. Mineral resources are plentiful in Huangshi giving it he nickname "The Southern Cornucopia". Metals include iron, manganese, gold, copper, tungsten, molybdenum, zinc, lead, cobalt, silver, gallium, and thallium. Other mineral resources include germanium, indium, selenium, tellurium, sulfur, calcite, limestone, celestine, plaster, and many others.

Agriculture is also a major part of Huangshi's economy. There are more than 3000 species of plants in Huangshi many of them used for food, phamaceuticals, and fragrance.

Other industries include metallurgy, textiles, contsruction materials, energy, light manufacturing, electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food processing.

Tourism

Huangshi has beautiful natural scenery such as lakes and mountains. One of its more famous sites is Feiyun Cave.

Notable residents

*Cheng Fei, gymnast (b. 1988)

ee also

* The Children of Huang Shi

External links

* [http://www.huangshi.gov.cn/ Official Website(Chinese)]