Huangshi

30°12′04″N 115°02′20″E / 30.2011°N 115.0390°E / 30.2011; 115.0390

Huangshi
黄石市
Hwangshih
From top, left to right: Downtown Huangshigang; Huangshibei Railway Station; Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge; Ci Lake in Winter; Po Lin Monastery, Yangxin County
Location of Huangshi City jurisdiction in Hubei
Huangshi
Location of the city center in Hubei
Coordinates (Huangshi Central Hospital (黄石市中心医院)): 30°12′46″N 115°05′04″E / 30.2129°N 115.0845°E / 30.2129; 115.0845
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
Municipal seatXialu District
Area
4,582.85 km2 (1,769.45 sq mi)
 • Urban
233.80 km2 (90.27 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,800.1 km2 (695.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
2,469,079
 • Density538.765/km2 (1,395.39/sq mi)
 • Urban
695,894
 • Urban density2,976.4/km2 (7,709.0/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,567,108
 • Metro density870.57/km2 (2,254.8/sq mi)
GDP
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 122.8 billion
US$ 19.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 50,053
US$ 8,036
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-HB-02
Licence plate prefixes鄂B
Website黄石市政府网 (Huangshi City Government Website) (in Simplified Chinese)

Huangshi (simplified Chinese: 黄石; traditional Chinese: 黃石; pinyin: Huángshí), alternatively romanized as Hwangshih, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 2,469,079 inhabitants at the 2020 census; 1,567,108 of whom lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of 4 urban districts plus the city of Daye, now being part of the agglomeration.