Huaihua
Huaihua is a prefecture-level city in western Hunan province, China.
Huaihua is a prefecture-level city in western Hunan province, China. It is known as the "Western Gate" of Hunan and is the largest prefecture-level city by area in the province. It covers 27,564 km2 (10,643 sq mi) and is bordered by Xiangxi to the northwest, Zhangjiajie and Changde to the north, Yiyang, Loudi and Shaoyang to the east, Guilin and Liuzhou of Guangxi to the south, and Qiandongnan and Tongren of Guizhou to the southwest. It has a population of 4,741,948, accounting for 7.22% of the provincial population. According to the 2010 Census, 2,909,574 people, or 61.4% of the population, are Han Chinese. Minorities constitute 38.6% of the population, with 1,832,289 people. The Dong, Miao, Tujia, Yao and Bai are major native minority groups. Huaihua is the central region of the Dong ethnic population, home to nearly 28.35% of the Chinese Dong ethnic group.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Huaihua
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Huaihua University
Huaihua University is a provincial public college in Huaihua, Hunan, China.
2.2 km · university in China · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
Huaihua's central urban area has only a few low-key sights such as the Huaihua Museum. All the main attractions and ethnic towns are outside the main urban area and in other parts of the prefecture. Those places can be reached by bus and in some cases by train. Tongdao Dong Autonomous County (通道侗族自治县). Visit Kam people, whose language is a branch of the Tai-Kadai linguistic family.
- 01Xiangshipo Forest Park
- 02Gaoyi Ancient Village
- 03Qianyang Ancient City
- 04Wanfo Mountain
- 05Wuxi Cultural Plaza·Qianhe Lake
- 06Huaihua Yingfeng Park
From Wikivoyage: Huaihua, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Wanfu Mountain (万福山 Wànfúshān). Huaihua Tai Chi Championship ：Tai Chi enthusiasts can learn from each other and improve together.
- 01Wanda Cinema
From Wikivoyage: Huaihua, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Pao Cai (泡菜) or pickled vegetables are found everywhere around the city. It's a must try if you are in this dusty city.
- 01Gourmet Kitchen
Home Kitchen Catering (飨厨行.老家厨餐饮), 2nd Floor, City Garden Hotel, Hecheng District.
- 02Cuicui's Three-Way Duck
3020 and 3021 on the 3rd floor of Wanda Plaza, Nanhuan Road.
- 03Jiahe Liangtian
From Wikivoyage: Huaihua, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Huaihua
- Airports
- Zhangjiajie Hehua (DYG), 176 km · Guilin Liangjiang (KWL), 261 km
- Stations
- Huaihua Railway Station, 3.9 km · Huaihua South railway station, 6.2 km
- Zhangjiajie (Yongding) → Huaihua179 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · ¥100–135
- Guilin (Lingui) → Huaihua250 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · ¥120–160
- Changsha (Changsha) → Huaihua300 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · ¥140–185
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Huaihua
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Huaihua. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 01848 km
- 02906 km
- 03975 km
- 04999 km
- 051,136 km
If you know how people move in Huaihua – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Huaihua
Huaihua is 51 km from Hongjiang, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hecheng Districtdistrict in Huaihua, Hunan, China4.3 km