| Hua County | |
| Postal Code: | 456400 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Henan |
| Pushpin Label: | Huaxian |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Henan |
| Coordinates: | 35.5639°N 114.5058°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Anyang |
| Area Total Km2: | 1784 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 1078000 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Hua County or Huaxian is a county under the administration of Anyang City, in the north of Henan province, China.
Its predecessor administrative area Huazhou/Hua prefecture was first established in 596 during the Sui dynasty. In 606 it was named Yanzhou, and soon after as Dong commandery. In 618 it was combined with present Changyuan and Yanjin as Huazhou again. In 1372 it was demoted to a county.[2] The name 'Hua' means 'slip', given because the city had many slipways.[3]
Hua County is located in the southmost part of Anyang. To its north lies Neihuang County, also in Anyang; to its east Puyang County in Puyang; to its south the counties of Changyuan and Fengqiu, both in Xinxiang; to its west Xinxiang's Yanjin County and Hebi's Xun County.
The county executive, legislature, and Basic People's Court are in Daokou, together with the CPC and PSB branches.[4] Prior to 1949 the administrative center of Hua County was in Chengguan. Its current administrative subdivisions are:[5]
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On 10 September 2009, the Basic People's Court sentenced Wei Fazhao to death for his January drunk-driving killing of eight people and injuring of three. It was the first death penalty given to a drunk driver anywhere in Henan.[6]