Huaihua
27°34′11″N 110°00′06″E / 27.5698°N 110.0016°E
Huaihua
怀化市 | |
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South Renmin Road, Hecheng Mazu Temple, Zhijiang County | |
Location of Huaihua City jurisdiction in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Yingfeng Park (迎丰公园)): 27°33′39″N 109°59′08″E / 27.5608°N 109.9856°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Municipal seat | Hecheng District |
| Area | |
| 27,600 km2 (10,700 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017) | 64.00 km2 (24.71 sq mi) |
| • Districts | 722.8 km2 (279.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| 5,235,200 | |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2017) | 623,800 |
| • Urban density | 9,700/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
| • Districts | 855,000 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 187.8 billion US$ 27.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,865 US$ 5,333 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-12 |
| Website | www |
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Huaihua (simplified Chinese: 怀化市; traditional Chinese: 懷化市; pinyin: Huáihuà Shì) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It is known as the "Western Gate" of Hunan and is the largest prefecture-level city in the province.It covers 27,564 km2 (10,643 sq mi) and is bordered by Xiangxi to the northwest, Zhangjiajie and Changde to the north, Yiyang, Loudi and Shaoyang to the east, Guilin and Liuzhou of Guangxi to the south, and Qiandongnan and Tongren of Guizhou to the southwest. It has a population of 4,741,948 (2010 census), accounting for 7.22% of the provincial population. According to the 2010 Census, 2,909,574 people, or 61.4% of the population, are Han Chinese. Minorities constitute 38.6% of the population, with 1,832,289 people. The Dong, Miao, Tujia, Yao and Bai are major native minority groups. Huaihua is the central region of the Dong ethnic population, home to nearly 28.35% of the Chinese Dong ethnic group.
Huaihua is located in the center of the border area of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Guizhou and Guangxi provinces. It is at the core intersection of a cross on the map of China and is known as the "Gateway to Guizhou and Yunnan" and the "Throat of the Whole Chu".
Huaihua is very mountainous, being located between the Wuyi and Xuefeng mountain ranges. The Yuan river runs from the south to the north. The forest coverage reached 70.8% in 2015.