Huazhou ( Chinese : 化州市 ; pinyin : Huàzhōu Shì ), formerly romanized as Fachow or Fahsien , is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province , China. Bordering Guangxi to the north, it is administrated as part of the prefecture -level city of Maoming . During the 2020 census , its population was 1,291,668, of which 472,746 were considered urban.
18-713: Huazhou may refer to: Huazhou, Guangdong ( 化州市 ), a county-level city in Guangdong Huazhou District ( 华州区 ), a district in Weinan, Shaanxi Huazhou Subdistrict, Weinan ( 华州街道 ), subdivision of Huazhou District Huazhou Subdistrict, Guangzhou ( zh ; 华洲街道 ), subdivision of Haizhu District , Guangzhou, Guangdong Huazhou Subdistrict, Dengzhou ( 花洲街道 ), subdivision of Dengzhou, Henan Hua Zhou ( zh ; 花粥 ), Chinese folk singer. Historical prefectures [ edit ] Hua Prefecture (Shaanxi) ( 華州 ),
36-408: A historical prefecture in modern Shaanxi between the 6th and 20th centuries Hua Prefecture (Henan) ( 滑州 ), a historical prefecture in modern Henan between the 6th and 14th centuries Hua Prefecture (Guangdong) ( 化州 ), a historical prefecture in modern Guangdong between the 10th and 20th centuries See also [ edit ] Hua (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
54-547: A number of other units which function as township-level divisions, including 1 development zone and 7 farms. The city's sole township-level development zone is Jianjiang Development Zone [ zh ] . The city's township-level farms are Xinshidai Farm ( Chinese : 新时代农场 ), Xinhua Farm [ zh ] , Heping Farm [ zh ] , Hongyang Farm ( Chinese : 红阳农场 ), Hongfeng Farm ( Chinese : 红峰农场 ), Jianshe Farm ( Chinese : 建设农场 ), and Shitan Farm ( Chinese : 石滩农场 ). As of 2019,
72-512: A warm and wet summer monsoon and a cold and dry winter monsoon. This cold and dry winter monsoon is responsible for the aeolian dust deposition and pedogenesis that resulted in the creation of the Loess Plateau . The monsoon influences weather patterns as far north as Siberia , causing wet summers that contrast with the cold and dry winters caused by the Siberian High , which counterbalances
90-1221: Is 1890mm. But with an apparent monsoon climate, the rainfall displays an extremely uneven characteristic, mainly focus on summer and autumn. And typhoon, storm, flood are very frequent during summer and autumn, causing great damage to the local people's lives and property sometimes. Huazhou has jurisdiction over 5 subdistricts , 17 towns , and 8 other township-level divisions . The city's 5 subdistricts are Hexi Subdistrict [ zh ] , Dongshan Subdistrict [ zh ] , Xiaguo Subdistrict [ zh ] , Nansheng Subdistrict [ zh ] , and Shiwan Subdistrict [ zh ] . The city's 17 towns are Changqi [ zh ] , Tongqing [ zh ] , Yangmei [ zh ] , Liangguang [ zh ] , Daqiao , Ligang [ zh ] , Xin'an [ zh ] , Guanqiao [ zh ] , Linchen [ zh ] , Hejiang [ zh ] , Nawu [ zh ] , Boyang , Baoxu [ zh ] , Pingding [ zh ] , Wenlou [ zh ] , Jianghu [ zh ] , and Zhongdong [ zh ] . Huazhou also administers
108-556: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Huazhou, Guangdong During the Three Kingdoms period , the area was organized as Guanghua County ( simplified Chinese : 广化县 ; traditional Chinese : 廣化縣 ). During the Song dynasty , the area became the seat of Hua Prefecture , Huazhou later became the seat of Hua County , which formed part of Gaozhou Commandery . After
126-458: The Chinese Civil War , it was reorganized and placed under the administration of Maoming . In 1959, Hua County ( Chinese : 化县 ) and Wuchuan County ( Chinese : 吴川县 ) merged to become Huazhou County. In 1994, Huazhou was changed from a county to a county-level city . Huazhou has a humid subtropical climate , with a long lasting summer and short winter, which is influenced by
144-479: The East Asian monsoon . The weather is warm and sunny. The mean annual temperature ranges from 22.2 °C to 23.9 °C, and the average yearly temperature is 22.9 °C. It is wet in summer with high temperature, high humidity while mild and comparatively dry in winter. When the cold wave comes in winter, sometimes there severe cold days. Huazhou has an abundant precipitation and the average annual precipitation
162-685: The Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to East Asia . It affects approximately one-third of the global population, influencing the climate of Japan , the Korean Peninsula , Taiwan , China , the Philippines and Mainland Southeast Asia but most significantly Vietnam . It is driven by temperature differences between the East Asian continent and the Pacific Ocean. The East Asian monsoon is divided into
180-413: The city's gross domestic product totaled ¥55.176 billion, and grew at an annualized rate of 4.3%. Of this, the primary sector accounted for ¥12.827 billion, or 23.2% of the economy, and grew at an annualized rate of 3.8%; the secondary sector accounted for ¥13.573 billion, or 24.6% of the economy, and shrunk at an annualized rate of 0.5%; the tertiary sector accounted for ¥28.776 billion, or 52.2% of
198-414: The city's urban areas. The city's tertiary sector comprises the majority of the city's economic output in 2019, and grew faster than its primary and secondary sectors. In 2019, Huazhou saw significant growth in real estate services, logistical services, financial services, and other service industries. East Asian monsoon The East Asian monsoon is a monsoonal flow that carries moist air from
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#1732870003744216-534: The economy, and grew at an annualized rate of 7.4%. In 2019, Huazhou produced 337,800 tons of grain , a 3.6% annual increase, 730,000 tons of fruit , a 7.4% annual increase, and 691,000 tons of vegetables , an 8.4% increase. The city reported ¥2.862 billion in foreign trade in 2019, a 28.0% increase from the previous year. Of this, Huazhou exported ¥2.818 billion in goods and services, while importing just ¥44 million in goods and services. Huazhou's industrial output declined in size in 2019 by 4.6%. This decline
234-461: The local economy, respectively. The city's real estate industry saw ¥3.947 billion in investment in 2019, which represented a significant decrease from the previous year. Despite this, the total area of real estate sold in Huazhou in 2019 increased 0.8% from the previous year. Huazhou's total consumer retail sales in 2019 totaled ¥23.59 billion, which grew from previous years, with stronger growth in
252-518: The monsoon's effect on northerly latitudes. In most years, the monsoonal flow shifts in a very predictable pattern, with winds being southeasterly in late June, bringing significant rainfall to the region, resulting in the East Asian rainy season as the monsoon boundary advances northward during the spring and summer. This leads to a reliable precipitation spike in July and August. However, this pattern occasionally fails, leading to drought and crop failure. In
270-471: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huazhou&oldid=973982683 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Chinese-language text Short description
288-399: The south. After the monsoon boundary passes north of a given location, it is not uncommon for daytime temperatures to exceed 32 °C (90 °F) with dewpoints of 24 °C (75 °F) or higher. The spring-summer rainy season is referred to as "plum rain" in various languages of East Asia. In Japan the monsoon boundary is referred to as the tsuyu ( 梅雨 ) as it advances northward during
306-471: The winter, the winds are northeasterly and the monsoonal precipitation bands move back to the south, and intense precipitation occurs over southern China and Taiwan. Over Japan and Korea, the monsoon boundary typically takes the form of a quasi-stationary front separating the cooler air mass associated with the Okhotsk High to the north from the hot, humid air mass associated with the subtropical ridge to
324-546: Was led by a 17.3% decline in industrial output from firms classified as large by the city, while medium-sized enterprises saw a 4.5% increase in industrial output, and small enterprises saw a more moderate 3.3% decline in output. Huazhou's largest industry as of 2019 is in food processing , which added ¥1.457 billion to the local economy in 2019. The next three largest industries are the city's metallurgy industry, pharmaceutical industry, and mineral processing industry, which added ¥486 million, ¥411 million, and ¥222 million to
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