Huangyan, Taizhou Explained

Huangyan
Other Name:Hwangyen
Postal Code:318020
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Zhejiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Taizhou
Area Code:0576
Area Total Km2:988
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:570000
Pushpin Map:China Zhejiang
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Zhejiang
Coordinates:28.65°N 136°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

(Tai-chow dialect: Wông-ngæn K'ü;) is a district of Taizhou, a city in Zhejiang Province, China. Huangyan has an area of 988km2 and a population of approximately 570,000. It has an average annual precipitation of 1676mm and an annual average temperature of 17 °C.

History

In 1989, Huangyan County was upgraded to a county-level city. As of 1990 census, the population of Huangyuan City was 888,631.

In 1994, Taizhou City was upgraded to a prefecture-level city, correspondingly Huangyan City was amalgamated in Taizhou City, and divided into two districts as Huangyan and Luqiao.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:[1]

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Features of Huangyan

China orange town

Huangyan is a fruitful place especially for the Mandarin Oranges with long history. Many kinds of worldwide oranges are originated from Huangyan. Now it is the most important mandarin orange planting place in china, exporting to worldwide largely annually.

China mould town

Huangyan is a famous plastic mould manufacturing base in China. With seven series of precision mould tooling ability including automobile, motorcycle, electric bike, home appliances, audio & video, pipe fitting, medical, chemical. According to the stat. in 2006, in the domestic market, 70% of plastic moulds were made in Huangyan, 50% TV manufacturers choose to purchase TV mould from Huangyan, 70% electric bike plastic parts were made in Huangyan, most of auto manufacturers including FAW, Geely, Dongfeng, Shanghai Volkswagen ordered mould in Huangyan, most home appliance manufactures e.g. Haier, Konka, Changhong, Hisense, Royalstar, Xoceco etc. use the mould from Huangyan. Huangyan has become the important mould tooling center in China, and growing rapidly to export to the oversea market.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 台州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.