In which province and city is Macheng located?

Macheng belongs to Huanggang City, Hubei Province.

Macheng, also known as Azalea City, is a county-level city managed by Huanggang City, Hubei Province, located in the northeastern part of Hubei Province. Macheng is one of the "eight birthplaces of immigrants" in ancient China. It is the starting point and distribution center of "Huguang fills Sichuan". It is recognized as the "ancestral holy place" of Bashu. It has an important position and far-reaching influence in the history of Chinese immigration.

Macheng City is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, north of Huanggang City, at the southern foot of the middle section of the Dabie Mountains on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and at the junction of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces. It is bounded by Shangcheng County and Xin County of Henan Province in the north, by ridges in the northeast, by Jinzhai County in Anhui Province in the northeast, by Luotian County in the east, by Tuanfeng County and Xinzhou District of Wuhan City in the south, and by Hong Kong in the west. It is adjacent to An County, with a total area of ??3747 square kilometers.

Macheng’s topography

Macheng is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with mountains in the east, north and west connected and with protruding peaks. There are high mountains in the east and northeast, low in the southwest, and the slope is open from east to southwest. It is a stepped terrain gradually descending from high mountains to middle mountains to low mountains to high hills to low hills to plains. The high-mountain Kangwang Village in the northeast is the highest point in the city, with an altitude of 1,337.1 meters; the Wulong Village on the central-south edge is the lowest point in the city, with an altitude of 25 meters.

The topography is diverse, including plains, hills, mountains, and waters. There is a saying of "seven mountains, one water, and two fields." The Dabie Mountains surround the eastern and northern edges of the city. The main peak of the territory, Kangwangzhai, dominates the border between Hubei and Anhui. Seven mountain ranges extend from the northeastern edge of the city and the territory to the southwest and the western edge, forming the eastern, northern and western edges of the city. Mountains are connected on three sides in the west, and the landform features winding peaks.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Macheng City