Huanggang, which belongs to Hubei Province, is located in the east of Hubei Province, at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the middle section of Beijing-Kowloon Railway, east longitude14 24'-116 07' and north latitude 29 45'-3/kloc-. It faces Ezhou, Huangshi and Jiujiang across the river in the south, Anhui in the east and Henan in the north. It is an important base for early Party building activities in China and the center of the revolutionary base areas in Hubei, Henan and Anhui. The total registered population is 7,468,700 (at the end of 2065,438+06), which governs 7 counties and 2 cities in Huangzhou District, Longgan Lake Management Zone and Huanggang Economic Development Zone. It has Li Xiannian Former Residence Memorial Park, Macheng Guifeng Mountain Scenic Area, Macheng Martyrs Memorial Park, Dabie Mountain National Forest Park and other scenic spots, and won the titles of the first China Top Ten Livable Cities, National Garden City, Jingchu Poetry City and China Calligraphy City. Huanggang has a history of more than 2,000 years, and has nurtured a large number of scientific and cultural masters, such as Daoxin, Hongren and Huineng, the fourth ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China, Bi Sheng, the inventor of movable type printing in Song Dynasty, Li Shizhen, a medical sage in Ming Dynasty, and Li Siguang, a giant of modern geological science, and made important contributions to the historical development of the Chinese nation and even the world. 199565438+On February 23rd, the State Council approved the revocation of Huanggang area and Huangzhou City, and the establishment of the prefecture-level Huanggang City with Huangzhou as its seat.