Huanghua () is a

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located in the Bohai Gulf coastal region of

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province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the

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. Huanghua is named after Chinese Communist revolutionary

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. Previously it was known as Xinqing County (). It has a total area of , with a coastline of . The total administrative population is 419,700 in the entire county, with 120,000 people living in the urban area of . Huanghua has a

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, Huanghua Port. It is a stop on the Jinshan Expressway that connects

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with

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Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Huazhong Subdistrict (), Huadong Subdistrict (), Huaxi Subdistrict () Towns: * Huanghua Town (), Nanpaihe (), Jiucheng (), Lüqiao () Townships: * Guanzhuang Township (), Changguo Township (), Qijiawu Township (), Tengzhuangzi Township (), Yang'erzhuang Hui Ethnic Township (),

Xincun Hui Ethnic Township Xincun Hui Ethnic Township (; Xiao'erjing: سٍڞٌ خُوِذُو سِیْا) is a township-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geo ...

(), Yangsanmu Hui Ethnic Township ()

Climate

Huanghua has a four-season,

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

-influenced

humid continental A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

climate (

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''Dwa''), with cold, dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from to , while the annual mean is . Close to 60% of the annual rainfall of occurs in July and August alone.

References

External links

Huanghua Government Website
County-level cities in Hebei Cangzhou {{Cangzhou-geo-stub