Huazhou District (), formerly Hua County or Huaxian (), is a
district
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of
Weinan
Weinan () is a prefecture-level city in the east central Shaanxi province, China. The city lies on the lower section of the Wei River confluence into the Yellow River, about east of the provincial capital Xi'an, and borders the provinces of S ...
,
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...
province, China. It was upgraded from a
county to a district in 2015.
The district spans an area of , and has a population of about 324,300 as of 2012.
History
During the
Western Zhou
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period, the area belonged to the
State of Zheng.
During the
Spring and Autumn period, the
State of Qin established in the area of present-day Huazhou.
Zheng County was put under the jurisdiction of
Hua Prefecture.
Early in the
Yuan dynasty
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, Zheng County was merged into Hua Prefecture.
The epicenter of the
1556 Shaanxi earthquake
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (formerly romanized ''Shensi''), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as "" ('' Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn'') or officially by its epicenter as "" ('' Huàxiàn Dìzhèn''), occurred in the early morning of 23 ...
was in Huazhou District.
In 1913, Hua Prefecture was re-organized as Hua County.
On May 23, 1949, the area was taken by forces of the
People's Liberation Army.
In 1958, Hua County was placed under the jurisdiction of Weinan County, which soon became Weinan Prefecture in 1961, and was upgraded to a
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China ...
in 1994.
In October 2015, Hua County was upgraded to Huazhou District.
Geography
Huazhou District is located in the eastern
Qin Mountains
The Qinling () or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan ("Southern Mountains"), are a major east–west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The mountains mark the divide between the drainage basins of the Yangtze and Yellow ...
, and along the southern banks of the
Wei River
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The source of the Wei River is close to ...
.
The district is also home to a number of smaller rivers which flow into the Wei, such as the
Chishui River, the
Yuxian River, the
Shidi River, and others.
Climate
The average annual temperature in Huazhou District is , and the average annual precipitation in the district totals .
Administrative divisions
Huazhou District administers one
subdistrict and nine
towns.
The district's sole subdistrict is
Huazhou Subdistrict.
The district's nine towns are , ,
Gaotang, , , , , , and .
Economy
Huazhou District has significant mineral deposits of
molybdenum,
gold,
silver
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,
iron
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, and
granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...
.
Transportation
National Highway 310 runs through the district, as does the
Longhai railway.
Notable people
*
Guo Ziyi,
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom ...
general
*
Hu Lien
Hu Lien (; 1907–1977) was a Chinese Nationalist general who participated in the Northern Expedition, anti-communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
Whampoa Military Academy
He graduated alongside Lin ...
,
Chinese Nationalist general
* ,
Chinese Nationalist general
Attractions
*
External links
Huazhou Government's official website
References
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Districts of Shaanxi
Weinan