Huizhou
Sign in to saveHuizhou () is a city in east-central Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, and Daya Bay of the South China Sea to the south. As of the 2020 census, the city has about 6,042,852 inhabitants and is administered as a prefecture-level city. Huizhou's core metropolitan area, which is within Huicheng and Huiyang Districts, is home to around 2,090,578 inhabitants.
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Huizhou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China, established in 1988. It covers an area of 11,346.14 square kilometers and has a population of 6,042,852. The city contains the administrative entities of Huicheng District, Huiyang District, Boluo County, and Huidong County. Its official name is 惠州市, and it is twinned with Hallstatt.
The city’s elevation is 15 meters above sea level, and it operates in the UTC+08:00 time zone. The local dialing code is 0752, and the postal code is 516000. Vehicle license plates in the region use the code 粤L.
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Place details
- Locality
- 惠州市
- Region
- 广东省
- Country
- 中国
- Population
- 2,900,113
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
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Key facts
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- Huizhou
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- 惠州市
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- zh
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- Prefecture-level city
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- A city to benefit people ()
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- Location of Huizhou in Guangdong
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- China
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- Location in China
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- Huizhou government
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- China
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- Guangdong
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- Municipal seat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- prefecture-level city
- Official name
- 惠州市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Guangdong
- Contains
- Longmen County
- Population
- 6042852
- Area
- 11346.14
- Elevation
- 15
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.huizhou.gov.cn
- Image
- Huizhou montage.png
- Dialing code
- 0752
- Licence plate code
- 粤L
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- Huizhou
- Commons category
- Huizhou
- topic's main category
- Category:Huizhou
- postal code
- 516000
- inception
- 1988-00-00
- native label
- 惠州市
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Huizhou
- different from
- Huizhou
- twinned administrative body
- Hallstatt
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Historical demographics
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Economy
- Development zones
- Huizhou Dayawan Economic and Technological Development Zone
- Huizhou Export Processing Zone
- Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone
- Administration
- Transport
- Language
- Military
- Education
- Sport
- Climate
- Tourism
- Daya Bay
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Friendly cities
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Huizhou () is a city in east-central Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, and Daya Bay of the South China Sea to the south. As of the 2020 census, the city has about 6,042,852 inhabitants and is administered as a prefecture-level city. Huizhou's core metropolitan area, which is within Huicheng and Huiyang Districts, is home to around 2,090,578 inhabitants.
==History== During the Song dynasty, Huizhou was a prefectural capital of the Huiyang prefecture and the cultural center of the region.
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