Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Huicheng District (23°4′N 114°23′E)
Area	11,200 km²
Coastline	223.6 km
Population	2,932,200 (2004)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥68.514 billion (2004) ¥23,642 (2004)
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	5
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary	Liu Jinzhou (柳锦州)
Mayor	Huang Yebin (黄业斌)
Area code	752
Postal Code	516000 (Urban center) 516100-516300, 516800 (Other areas)
License Plate Prefix	粤L

Huizhou (Simplified Chinese: 惠州; Pinyin: Hùizhōu) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Part of the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. Image File history File links ChinaGuangdongHuizhou. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... 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Administration

The prefecture-level city of Huizhou administers 5 county-level divisions, including 2 districts and 3 counties. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ...

• Huicheng District (惠城区)
• Huiyang District (惠阳区)
• Boluo County (博罗县)
• Huidong County (惠东县)
• Longmen County (龙门县)

Education

• Huizhou University (惠州大学)
• Huizhou Radio and Television University (惠州市广播电视大学)

External links

• Government website of Huizhou (in Simplified Chinese)
• Sister City of Milpitas, California, USA