Huangshi

prefecture-level city in Hubei, China

Huangshi (simplified Chinese: 黄石; traditional Chinese: 黃石; pinyin: Huángshí), alternatively romanized as Hwangshih, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 2,429,318 people at the 2010 census.

Huangshi
黄石市
Hwangshih
Location of Huangshi City jurisdiction in Hubei
Location of Huangshi City jurisdiction in Hubei
Coordinates (Huangshi Central Hospital (黄石市中心医院)): 30°12′46″N 115°05′04″E / 30.2129°N 115.0845°E / 30.2129; 115.0845
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Municipal seatXialu District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city4,582.85 km2 (1,769.45 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
233.80 km2 (90.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 census[2])
 • Prefecture-level city2,429,318
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
884,300
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-HB-02
Licence plate prefixes鄂B
Website黄石市政府网 (Huangshi City Government Website) (in Simplified Chinese)

References

change
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 66. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. "China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".