Hua County or Huaxian () is a

county A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

under the administration of

Anyang Anyang ( zh, s=安阳, t=安陽; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. Geographical coordinates are 35° 41'~ 36° 21' north latitude and 113° 38'~ 114° 59' east longitude. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the eas ...

City, in the north of

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province, China. Its predecessor administrative area Huazhou/Hua

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was first established in 596 during the

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. In 606 it was named Yanzhou (), and soon after as Dong commandery. In 618 it was combined with present Changyuan and Yanjin as Huazhou again. In 1372 it was demoted to a county. The name ' Hua' means 'slip', given because the city had many

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Location

Hua County is located in the southmost part of Anyang. To its north lies Neihuang County, also in Anyang; to its east Puyang County in

Puyang Puyang is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. Located on the northern shore of the Yellow River, it borders Anyang in the west, Xinxiang in the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Hebei ...

; to its south the counties of Changyuan and Fengqiu, both in

Xinxiang Xinxiang ( zh, s= , t= , p=Xīnxiāng ; Postal romanization, postal: Sinsiang) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan provinces of China, province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its sou ...

; to its west Xinxiang's Yanjin County and

Hebi Hebi ( zh, s=, t=, p=Hèbì ; postal: Hopi) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China. Situated in mountainous terrain at the edge of the Shanxi plateau, Hebi is about south of Anyang, northeast of Xinxiang and north of Kai ...

's Xun County.

Administration

The county executive, legislature, and

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are in Daokou, together with the CPC and PSB branches. Prior to 1949 the administrative center of Hua County was in Chengguan. Its current administrative subdivisions are:

3 subdistricts

* Daokou Subdistrict () * Chengguan Subdistrict () * Jinhe Subdistrict ()

8 towns

12 townships

Climate

In the news

On 10 September 2009, the Basic People's Court sentenced Wei Fazhao to death for his January drunk-driving killing of eight people and injuring of three. It was the first death penalty given to a drunk driver anywhere in Henan.Yu Aitong, "Drink driving death toll reduced by a third", ''South China Morning Post'', 15 September 2009

Notable people

* Zhai Rang, peasant rebel leader founding Wagang Army during late

. * Zhao Ziyang, former general secretary of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) and premier of China. * Lu Huaishen, official of the Tang and Wuzhou dynasties. * Li Wencheng (李文成), leader of Heavenly Principle Sect revolt in 1813 *

Nie Yuanzi Nie Yuanzi (5 April 1921 – 28 August 2019) was a Chinese academic administrator at Peking University, known for writing a big-character poster criticising the university for being controlled by the bourgeoisie, which is considered to have be ...

, leader of the

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during the

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. * Wu Lanying, national sport shooter of China.

Transport

* Huaxun railway station

Notes and references

{{authority control County-level divisions of Henan Anyang