Huadu District is one of 11 urban districts of the

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, the capital of

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, China. It is located in the far northern suburbs of the city. Xinhua Town is the seat of local government, and of the district CCP committee. While the Cantonese dialect is universally spoken, about 1/3 of the population consists of

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dialect speaking peoples. The district is the

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of many

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. Formerly known as Hua County, it was the hometown of many

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leaders like

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and Hong Rengan.

History

The district was established in the

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(1644–1911) as a

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, Hua County or Huaxian (, also known as ''Fahsien''), which was located north of the then city limits of Guangzhou. It remained a county until 1993, when it was recognized as a city and renamed as Huadu (). In 2000, it became an attached northern suburban district of the expanded municipality of Guangzhou. Natives of Huadu speak a dialect of Yue Chinese called Huaxian ( or ''Fahsien''). In addition to its population, Huadu is the hometown of approximately 300,000 overseas Chinese, including a large number in the Republic of Panama, and some in Hong Kong and Macao.

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's main airport, is located in the district, as is Guangzhou North Railway Station on the Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway.

Resources

Huadu District is rich in natural resources. With a rich rainfall, Huadu is abundant in a variety of crops, vegetables, tea, litchis, bananas, longans, peanuts and sugarcane. Jingtang Lotus Roots are thought to originate here in Jingtang Town. The mines proved up are up to 18 varieties among which the largely-reserved and high-rank limestone, kaolin, clay and granite etc. have a bright future of mining. The district also is rich in water. The annual flux of the surface water on average for years is 1.15 billion cubic meters. There are 17 reservoirs of medium and small size in the district. The Liuxi River and Bajiang River are across the district.

Administrative divisions

There are currently 4 subdistricts and 6 towns. On 2 December 2013 three new subdistricts ( Huacheng, Xiuquan, & Xinya) were established from carving out Xinhua Subdistrict, while upgrading Yayao Town into a subdistrict.

Climate

Transportation

Metro

Huadu is currently service by two metro line operated by

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: * – Airport North, Airport South * – Fei'eling, Huadu Auto City, Guangzhou North Station, Huacheng Lu, Huaguoshan Park, Huadu Square, Ma'anshan Park, Liantang, Qingbu, Qingtang

People

* March Fong Eu, ancestry *

( Fuyuan Springs)

Sister cities

* Markham, Canada, since Nov/Dec,2012 * Petrer, Spain, since Nov, 2020

References

External links

Official website of Huadu District Government
{{Authority control Districts of Guangzhou