Huangzhou District
History
In 845 BC Marquis Wen 文侯 Huang Meng 黃孟 (aka Huang Zhang 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. The Marquis of Huang, Marquis Mu 穆侯 Huang Qisheng 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 江夏郡 during the Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). There are many places in this region today that were named after Huang e.g. Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei, Huangshi, Huang'an (now Hong'an), Huangzhou etc. A large number of the people of Huang were also relocated to regions south of the Yangtze River.
Huangzhou was previously a separate city which administered a prefecture in its own right. Huanggang Middle School and the campuses of Huanggang Normal University are located in Huangzhou.
Geography
Administrative Divisions
Huangzhou District administers 5 subdistricts, 3 towns and 1 township:
- Subdistricts
- Chibi Subdistrict (赤壁街道)
- Donghu Subdistrict (东湖街道)
- Yuwang Subdistrict (禹王街道)
- Nanhu Subdistrict (南湖街道)
- Xihu Subdistrict (西湖街道)
- Towns
- Township
- Other Area
- Railway Station Economic Development Area (火车站经济开发区)
References
- ^ "黄冈市第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——地区人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Huanggang. 2021-06-02.
- ^ 2022年统计用区划代码(黄州区) [2022 Statistical Division Codes (Huangzhou District)]. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.