Huizhou, also known as Goose City, is a prefecture-level city, a second-class big city and a second-tier city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It is one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta approved by the State Council. It is located on the east coast of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with Luofu Mountain as its back and Daya Bay as its south. Dongjiang meanders in the territory and belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine and mild climate.
Huizhou is a national historical and cultural city, and has been the political, economic and cultural center of Dongjiang River Basin since ancient times. In the long process of historical civilization, Huizhou has gradually formed a splendid and diverse culture. Dongjiang civilization bred and developed in Dongjiang Valley is the main component of Lingnan civilization. Huizhou is one of the important settlements and distribution centers of Hakka people, the first of the four Hakka States, and is known as the capital of Hakka overseas Chinese.
topography
Huizhou City is adjacent to Jiulian Mountain in the north and South China Sea in the south, which is located at the southwest end of parallel ravines in eastern Guangdong. Most landforms belong to low mountains and hills. The terrain is high in the northwest and northeast, and the middle is inclined to Dongjiang. The main mountains in the territory are Paradise Mountain, Luofu Mountain, Baiyun Mountain, Lotus Mountain and South Coast Mountain.
Among them, middle and low mountains account for about 7.7% of the city's land area, and hills account for about 26%. There are more than 30 peaks at an altitude of 1000 meters. The main peak of Lianhua Mountain in Huidong County is the highest peak in the city, and the central part of Huizhou is mainly a platform and terrace formed by erosion and accumulation of alluvial plains along the Yangtze River, Dongjiang River, Xizhijiang River and their tributaries.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huizhou