Huaihua

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Huaihua

Total population

4,741,948

Coordinates30.81°, 105.59°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Huaihua is a prefecture-level city in western Hunan province, China. It is known as the "Western Gate" of Hunan and is the largest prefecture-level city by area in the province. It covers 27,564 km2 (10,643 sq mi) and is bordered by Xiangxi to the northwest, Zhangjiajie and Changde to the north, Yiyang, Loudi and Shaoyang to the east, Guilin and Liuzhou of Guangxi to the south, and Qiandongnan and Tongren of Guizhou to the southwest. It has a population of 4,741,948, accounting for 7.22% of the provincial population. According to the 2010 Census, 2,909,574 people, or 61.4% of the population, are Han Chinese. Minorities constitute 38.6% of the population, with 1,832,289 people. The Dong, Miao, Tujia, Yao and Bai are major native minority groups. Huaihua is the central region of the Dong ethnic population, home to nearly 28.35% of the Chinese Dong ethnic group.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Sichuan

• Landrum
  7849.8 mi away
• Caesars Head
  7851.3 mi away
• Campobello
  7853.5 mi away
• Fingerville
  7853.9 mi away
• Chesnee
  7854.1 mi away
• Gramling
  7856.9 mi away
• Slater-Marietta
  7857 mi away
• Blacksburg
  7858 mi away
• Mayo
  7858.3 mi away
• Inman
  7859.4 mi away
• Inman Mills
  7859.6 mi away
• East Gaffney
  7859.8 mi away

Browse all places in Sichuan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Oriental Magpie

Pica serica

Seen 2026-03-31

Timandra stueningi

Timandra stueningi

Seen 2026-03-31

Indian Red Admiral

Vanessa indica

Seen 2026-03-30

Broad Spark

Sinthusa chandrana

Seen 2026-03-30

Domestic Chicken

Gallus gallus domesticus

Seen 2026-01-29

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

Seen 2025-10-15

Hemipepsis sinensis

Hemipepsis sinensis

Seen 2025-08-25

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

Seen 2025-08-25

Sceliphron madraspatanum

Sceliphron madraspatanum

Seen 2025-08-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Huaihua, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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