Huaihua City, Hunan Province is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. Huaihua borders Guangxi (Guilin and Liuzhou) in the south, Guizhou (Tongren and Qiandongnan) in the west, Shaoyang, Loudi, Yiyang, Changde and Zhangjiajie in Hunan, and Xiangxi Miao and Tujia Autonomous Prefecture. It belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate. The city covers a total area of 27,600 square kilometers, governs 13 counties (cities, districts) and has a total population of 5,230,700 (at the end of 20 16).