Huangshi

Huangshi is a prefecture-level city in China's Hubei province.

Geography and Climate

The prefecture-level city of Huangshi is located in southeastern Hubei province, along the southwestern 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 was reported by the local government as 4,583 km?; elsewhere, the number of 4,630 km? was given. 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 , 1 development zone, 1 , and 1 .

City:
*Daye

Districts:
*Huangshigang
*Xisaishan
*Xialu
*Tieshan

County:
*

Development Zone:
*Huangshi Economic Development Zone

Demographics

According to the Fifth Population Census of China , the entire prefecture-level city of Huangshi had 2,476,400 people, making for the population density of 540 people per square kilometer. A later estimate given elsewhere was for more than 2.53 million people. More than 99% of the population belong to the ethnic group.

According to Google Map there are 686.894 people in Huangshi; this refers, presumably, to Huangshi's urban core , and excludes the far-flung , 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, , 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