Huaihua

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|native_name = 怀化市

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| caption1 = South Renmin Road, Hecheng

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| caption2 = Mazu Temple, Zhijiang County

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| caption3 = Tongdao Dong Autonomous County

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|area_total_km2 =27600

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| area_blank1_km2 = 722.8

| area_urban_km2 = 64.00

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| population_blank1 = 855000

| population_urban = 623800

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| demographics2_title1 = Prefecture-level city

| demographics2_info1 = CN¥ 187.8 billion
US$ 27.8 billion

| demographics2_title2 = Per capita

| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 35,865
US$ 5,333

|timezone = China Standard

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|coor_pinpoint = Yingfeng Park ({{lang|zh-Hans|迎丰公园}})

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|website = {{URL|www.huaihua.gov.cn/}}

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Huaihua ({{zh|s=怀化市|t=懷化市|p=Huáihuà Shì}}) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Hunan province, China. It covers {{convert|27,564|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} 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.[http://www.hhtj.gov.cn/article/2011/0620/articles_6017.html Huaihua Census 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714232614/http://www.hhtj.gov.cn/article/2011/0620/articles_6017.html |date=2014-07-14 }} and [http://www.hntj.gov.cn/zhuanlan/6th_census/events/in_province/201105/t20110513_85176.htm Hunan Census 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041240/http://www.hntj.gov.cn/zhuanlan/6th_census/events/in_province/201105/t20110513_85176.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}[http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hn/15760.html xzqh.org: Huaihua introduction], also see [http://book.hhsqw.cn/bookview.asp?zb_id=7&m_num=72 Huaihua Yearbook 2015] 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.[http://www.hhtj.gov.cn/article/2012/1126/articles_7390.html?WebShieldSessionVerify=5OciiKaTJJPdl62wnZzd Ethnic group Analysis of Huaihua Census 2010 (2012-11-30)] Huaihua is the central region of the Dong ethnic population, home to nearly 28.35% of the Chinese Dong ethnic group.According to [http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/Statisticaldata/CensusData/rkpc2010/indexch.htm China census 2010], there is 2,879,974 Dong ethnic population; Huaihua lives [http://www.hhtj.gov.cn/index.php?index::get_count&id=7390 816,481 population of Dong ethnic group]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, it shares 28.35% of Chinese Dong people.

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.the forest coverage in 2015 is according to [http://www.huaihua.gov.cn/zwgk/fzfxxgkml/tjsj/tjgb/342982.htm 2015 Statistical Report on National Economy and Social Development of Huaihua]