Huangcai

Huangcai Town

黄材镇
Huangcai Town 黄材镇
Town
	Huangcai Town Location in Hunan
	Coordinates: 28°08′58″N 112°07′29″E / 28.14944°N 112.12472°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
County-level city	Ningxiang
Area
• Total	220 km2 (80 sq mi)
Population	62,000
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	410627
Area code	0731
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃材鎮
Simplified Chinese	黄材镇
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huángcaí Zhèn

Huangcai Town (Chinese: 黄材镇) is a rural town in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. It is surrounded by Xiangzikou Town, Shatian Township and Weishan Township on the west, Songmutang Town on the north, Hengshi Town on the east, and Laoliangcang Town and Liushahe Town on the south. As of the 2000 census^[update] it had a population of 55,412 and an area of 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi). It is known for the bronze culture of the Shang culture at Laoliangcang Town.

Administrative division

The town is divided into 16 villages and one community:

Huangcai Reservoir.

Huangcai Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Ningxiang, it is located in the town.^[1]

Wei River is known as "Mother River", a tributary of the Xiang River, it flows through the town.^[1]

The region abounds with coal, manganese and uranium.^[1]

Capsicum annuum is important to the economy.^[1]

There is one senior high school located with the town limits: Ningxiang Third Senior High School (宁乡三中).

Huaguxi is the most influence local theater.

The County Road X211 travels east to west through the town.

The County Road X104 passes across the town east to southwest.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Huang Haichao; Jiang Hongzhao (2002-09-01). 《宁乡史地》 [History and Geography of Ningxiang] (in Chinese). Hainan: Nanfang Publishing House. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.