Huangchuan
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Huangchuan County 潢川县 |
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 Huangchuan
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| Coordinates: 32°08′13″N 115°02′52″E / 32.13694°N 115.04778°ECoordinates: 32°08′13″N 115°02′52″E / 32.13694°N 115.04778°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture | Xinyang |
| Settled | c. 21st century BC |
| - Yiyang County | 206 BC |
| - Guangzhou | 712 AD |
| - Huangchuan | 1913 AD |
| Government | |
| • Secretary | vacancy (CPC) |
| • Magistrate | Zhao Liang |
| Area | |
| • County | 1,661.1 km2 (641.4 sq mi) |
| • Water | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 33.4 km2 (12.9 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
| • Width | 44.5 km (27.7 mi) |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • County | 838,000 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 280,000 |
| • Metro density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 465150 |
| Area code(s) | 376 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-41-11-25 |
| Licence plate prefix | 豫S3 |
| Website | www |
Huangchuan County (simplified Chinese: 潢川县; traditional Chinese: 潢川縣; pinyin: Huángchuān Xiàn; local pronunciation: Huāngchuǎn Xiàn) is a county of southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of Xinyang City, straddling the Huang River. That is why it is named Huangchuan, meaning where Huang River flows.
According to the ancient Chinese text Bamboo Annals, Huangchuan was the capital of the Huang state in the Xia dynasty, in the 21st century BCE. During the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, the Huang state was founded by King Huang Huilian, of which his name Huang is considered to be the root origin of the ancient Chinese surname Huang (or Hwang). The Huang state was later annexed by the Chu state and became a vassal state under the Zhou dynasty in 648 BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period.
Remains of the capital of the Huang state were discovered in Longgu, a township six kilometers northwest to the urban area of Huangchuan.
After the Qin dynasty. Huangchuan was generally established as a zhou, a commandery or a county.
According to Brief Sketch of North Parts of Ming Dynasty (Chinese: ), a book by Ji Liuqi (计六奇) recording the transitional period from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty, Huangchuan (then Guangzhou) was devastated and the residents massacred by the peasant army. And now residents in Huangchuan are mainly descendants of migrants from Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong settled down during the Kangxi era in the Qing dynasty.
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