| Huarong | |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hubei |
| Pushpin Label: | Huarong |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hubei |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hubei |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ezhou |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 30.5343°N 114.7299°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Website: | (in Simplified Chinese) |
Huarong District is a district of the city of Ezhou, Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The district is named after Huarong Town, the name of which is of disputed origin.[1] [2] Huarong (Chinese: 華容) is mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.[3]
Huarong is mostly rural. It is mostly located on the right (southern) bank of the Yangtze River, between Ezhou's main urban area (Echeng District) and Liangzihu District in the south and Hongshan District and Jiangxia District of the city of Wuhan in the west. Huarong District faces Xinzhou District and Tuanfeng County across the Yangtze to the north, and Huangzhou District to the east. The district administers islands in the Yangtze including part of Sand Islet (Chinese: 沙洲) near Echeng District and part of People's Islet (Chinese: 人民洲) near Tuanfeng County.
As of 2017, Huarong District administered three towns and two townships:[4] [2]
| Name | Chinese (S) | Pinyin Romanization | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||||
| 1 | Huarong Town (Hua-jung) meaning disputed | /华蓉镇 | Huáróng Zhèn | |||
| 2 | Duandian Town (Tuan-chia-tien) Duan Store | Duàndiàn Zhèn | ||||
| 3 | Miaoling Town (Miao-ling) Temple Ridge | Miàolǐng Zhèn | ||||
| former[5] | Gedian Town Ge Store | 葛店镇 | Gědiàn Zhèn | |||
| former | Hulin Town Hu Forest | 胡林镇 | Húlín Zhèn | |||
| Townships | ||||||
| 4 | Putuan Township Putuan | Pútuán Xiāng | ||||
| 5 | Linjiang Township Near the River (Yangtze) | Línjiāng Xiāng | ||||
| former | Dawan Township Great Bay | 大湾乡 | Dàwān Xiāng | |||
| former | Niji Township Mud Rock (now Niji Village) | 泥矶村 (formerly Chinese: 泥矶乡) | Níjī Cūn(Xiāng) | |||
Huarong is served by the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway and Wuhan–Jiujiang passenger railway.