Huangshi

30°12′04″N 115°02′20″E / 30.2011°N 115.0390°E / 30.2011; 115.0390

Huangshi
黄石市
Hwangshih
From top, left to right: Downtown Huangshigang; Huangshibei Railway Station; Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge; Ci Lake in Winter; Po Lin Monastery, Yangxin County
Location of Huangshi City jurisdiction in Hubei
Huangshi
Location of the city center 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
4,582.85 km2 (1,769.45 sq mi)
  Urban
233.80 km2 (90.27 sq mi)
  Metro
1,800.1 km2 (695.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
2,469,079
  Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
  Urban
695,894
  Urban density3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
  Metro
1,567,108
  Metro density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
GDP
  Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 122.8 billion
US$ 19.7 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 50,053
US$ 8,036
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)

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 2,469,079 inhabitants at the 2020 census; 1,567,108 of whom lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of 4 urban districts plus the city of Daye, now being part of the agglomeration.