:Huangshi

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In 845 BC, Marquis Wen ({{lang|zh|文侯}}) Huang Meng ({{lang|zh-Hant|黃孟}}), or Huang Zhang ({{lang|zh-Hant|黃璋}}) moved the capital of the State of Huang from Yicheng to Huangchuan (present-day Huangchuan, Henan). Huang Xi's descendants ruled State of Huang until 648 BC when it was destroyed by the State of Chu.{{lang|zh-Hans|《左传·僖公十二年》："黄人恃诸侯之睦于齐也，不共楚职，曰："自郢及我九百里，焉能害我？" 夏，楚灭黄。"}}{{full citation needed|date=April 2020}} The Marquis of Huang, Marquis Mu ({{lang|zh|穆侯}}) Huang Qisheng ({{lang|zh-Hant|黃企生}}), fled to the state of Qi. The people of Huang were forced to relocate to Chu. They settled in the region of present-day Hubei province, in a region known as the Jiangxia Prefecture ({{lang|zh|江夏郡}}) during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

On 9 March 1944, 18 CACW B-25s escorted by 24 P-40s bombed a foundry and floating docks at Huangshi in Hubei. They were intercepted by Japanese fighters from the 25th and 9th Sentai and lost 2 P-40s.

Huangshi is located in southeastern Hubei province, primarily along the southwestern bank of one of the major bends in the Yangtze River. It is located {{convert|100|km|sp=us}}{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274373/Huangshi |title=Huangshi (China) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=2013-03-26}} southeast of Wuhan, and borders Jiangxi province to the south. Its area was reported by the local government as {{convert|4583|km2|sp=us}};[http://www.hsgtj.gov.cn:8080/publish/others/english/a_d.jsp]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} elsewhere, the number of {{convert|4630|km2|sp=us}} was given. The terrain is mostly small mountains and hills. The tallest mountain is 7 Summit Mountain with an elevation of {{convert|860|m|sp=us}} 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 {{convert|17|°C|0|abbr=on}} and precipitation is {{convert|1400|mm|1|abbr=on}}. There are 264 frost free days. It is possible to see limited snowfall between December and February.

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|Jan high C = 8.6

|Feb high C = 11.6

|Mar high C = 16.2

|Apr high C = 22.7

|May high C = 27.4

|Jun high C = 30.3

|Jul high C = 33.5

|Aug high C = 33.1

|Sep high C = 29.2

|Oct high C = 23.7

|Nov high C = 17.4

|Dec high C = 11.2

|Jan mean C = 4.8

|Feb mean C = 7.5

|Mar mean C = 11.9

|Apr mean C = 18.0

|May mean C = 22.9

|Jun mean C = 26.2

|Jul mean C = 29.4

|Aug mean C = 28.8

|Sep mean C = 24.8

|Oct mean C = 19.0

|Nov mean C = 12.7

|Dec mean C = 6.9

|Jan low C = 2.1

|Feb low C = 4.5

|Mar low C = 8.4

|Apr low C = 14.1

|May low C = 19.0

|Jun low C = 22.9

|Jul low C = 25.9

|Aug low C = 25.4

|Sep low C = 21.4

|Oct low C = 15.5

|Nov low C = 9.4

|Dec low C = 3.8

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|Jan precipitation mm = 66.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 82.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 118.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 163.2

|May precipitation mm = 174.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 239.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 235.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 141.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 78.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 68.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 63.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 40.0

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 11.1

|Feb precipitation days = 11.9

|Mar precipitation days = 14.3

|Apr precipitation days = 13.3

|May precipitation days = 13.2

|Jun precipitation days = 13.9

|Jul precipitation days = 13.2

|Aug precipitation days = 11.6

|Sep precipitation days = 7.8

|Oct precipitation days = 9.2

|Nov precipitation days = 9.2

|Dec precipitation days = 8.4

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|Jan humidity = 78

|Feb humidity = 77

|Mar humidity = 76

|Apr humidity = 74

|May humidity = 75

|Jun humidity = 79

|Jul humidity = 77

|Aug humidity = 77

|Sep humidity = 75

|Oct humidity = 75

|Nov humidity = 77

|Dec humidity = 75

|Jan sun = 81.1

|Feb sun = 86.1

|Mar sun = 111.1

|Apr sun = 141.4

|May sun = 152.3

|Jun sun = 138.9

|Jul sun = 192.3

|Aug sun = 195.2

|Sep sun = 157.3

|Oct sun = 144.4

|Nov sun = 120.4

|Dec sun = 109.6

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| Jan percentsun = 25

| Feb percentsun = 27

| Mar percentsun = 30

| Apr percentsun = 36

| May percentsun = 36

| Jun percentsun = 33

| Jul percentsun = 45

| Aug percentsun = 48

| Sep percentsun = 43

| Oct percentsun = 41

| Nov percentsun = 38

| Dec percentsun = 35

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|Jan snow days = 3.8

|Feb snow days = 2.1

|Mar snow days = 0.5

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.2

|Dec snow days = 1.1

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{{as of|2016}}, Huangshi had 4 districts, 1 county, and 1 county-level city:{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2016/42/4202.html |script-title=zh:2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：黄石市 | language = zh-hans|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |quote={{lang|zh-hans|统计用区划代码 名称 420201000000 市辖区 420202000000 黄石港区 420203000000 西塞山区 420204000000 下陆区 420205000000 铁山区 420222000000 阳新县 420281000000 大冶市}}|date=2016|access-date=24 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/27567.html |script-title=zh:黄石市历史沿革 |trans-title=The Historical Development of Huangshi City | language = zh-hans|publisher=XZQH.org |quote="{{lang|zh-hans|2000年第五次全国人口普查，黄石市{...}其中：黄石港区{...}石灰窑区{...}下陆区{...}铁山区{...}阳新县{...}大冶市{...}开发区{...}}}"|date=15 August 2014|accessdate=24 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tcmap.com.cn/hubei/huangshi.html |script-title=zh:湖北黄石市 | language = zh-hans|publisher=博雅地名网 |access-date=24 January 2018}}{{cite book|script-title=zh:中国地质邮政编码簿(2015)|publisher=China Post|year=2015|pages=580–582}}

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]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, as reported by Huangshi Prefecture-Level City Government More than 99% of the population belong to the Han ethnic group.

According to Google Maps there are 686.894 people in Huangshi; this refers, presumably, to Huangshi's urban core (Huangshigang District

196,600 people, density 5757 people /km²; West Fort Mountain (Xisaishan) Area, 244,000, density 2171 people /km²; Xialu District, 146,600 people, density 2536 people /km²), and excludes the far-flung Yangxin County, Daye, and Tieshan.

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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 the 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, pharmaceuticals, and fragrance.

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

2 of the biggest companies in the city are the [http://www.dayesteel.com.cn/ Daye Steel Co. Ltd] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030609/http://www.dayesteel.com.cn/ |date=2017-12-01 }} ({{lang|zh-Hans|大冶特钢}}) and [https://www.huaxincem.com/ Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd] ({{lang|zh-Hans|华新水泥股份有限公司}}).

File:Huangshibei Railway Station.jpg

The prefecture-level city is served by G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway, G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, National Highways 106 and 316 and Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway. The city has two Yangtze River crossings, the Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge and the Edong Yangtze River Bridge.

Many of the passenger trains traveling on the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway between Wuhan (Wuchang and Wuhan Stations) and the points southeast make stops at the Huangshi and Yangxin stations. The Huangshi Station is located within the administrative borders of Daye County-level city ({{coord|30|9|23|N|114|56|5|E|display=inline|region:CN-42_type:railwaystation}}), about {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} north of downtown Daye and {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} west of downtown Huangshi. The Yangxin Station is near Yangxin County's county seat, Xingguo Town.

Although Huangshi's main urban area is some distance away from the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway mainline, it is connected to it by a dead-end branch, of considerable importance for the local industries. It runs all the way to Huangshi's river port on the Yangtze. There was even a downtown passenger station on this branch (Huangshi East Railway Station, {{coord|30|12|25|N|115|5|5|E|display=inline|region:CN-42_type:railwaystation}}), but, {{As of|2012|lc=y}}, it was served by very few trains,[http://qq.ip138.com/train/hubei/HuangShiDong.htm Huangshi East schedule] {{in lang|zh}} and by 2015, was not in operation anymore.

In 2014, the Wuhan-Huangshi line of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area Intercity Railway opened. The three stations of this commuter rail system in the Huangshi area are Huahu ({{lang|zh|花湖站}}), {{ill|Huangshi North railway station|zh|黄石北站|lt=Huangshi North}}[http://qq.ip138.com/train/hubei/huangshibei.htm Huangshi North schedule] and {{ill|Daye North railway station|zh|大冶北站|lt=Daye North}}.[http://qq.ip138.com/train/hubei/dayebei.htm Daye North schedule] Huahu, although technically situated within the boundaries of Ezhou City, is actually located on the north-western edge of Huangshi's central city ({{coord|30.263600|N|115.016645|E}}); Haungshi North is in Xialu District, in the western part of Huangshi's central city; the Daye North station is north-east of Daye ({{coord|30.125216|N|114.995895|E}}).

File:Ci Lake lights January 2009 by Matthew Shaw.jpg

Huangshi is situated amongst numerous picturesque lakes and mountains. One of Huangshi's more famous sites is the Buddhist Temple on Dongfang Mountain ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=东方山风景区 |l=East Mountain}}), Cihu Lake, Xisaishan, TuanChengShan Park, and Qingshan Lake ({{lang-zh|labels=no|c=青山湖}}) with connecting Ci Lake.

Cihu Lake with surrounding Cihu Lake Scenery Park ({{lang|zh-hans|磁湖风景区}}) separates the older areas of Huangshi to the newer government development zone.

The former eastern pit of the Daye Iron Mine, which operated from the late 1890s until 2000, has been converted into Huangshi National Mining Park ({{lang|zh-hant|黃石國家礦山公園}}), where visitors can see a variety of mining equipment from the past and the present.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-09/22/content_7046446.htm "Mining for tourism in Hubei"], By Li Jing (China Daily). Updated: 2008-09-22

Xisaishan, located on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the eastern part of the city, provides views of the city and Yangtze River below (considered a 3A class tourist attraction).{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

The Old Site of Huaxin Cement Plant ({{lang|zh-hans|华新水泥旧址}}), which selected as the first batch of China's 20th century Architectural Heritage List. Led by the government and invested and operated by the City Development Group, it was built into Huaxin 1907 Cultural Park.{{cite web | url=https://news.hubeidaily.net/mobile/c_2076951.html | title=活化工业遗存 再塑城市地标 华新1907文化公园承载起黄石新的城市记忆 - 湖北日报新闻客户端 }} Huaxin Cement is one of the earliest Chinese cement enterprises.https://www.huaxincem.com/zoujinhuaxin/lishiyange.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

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