Houma

Houma is a county-level city in the southwest of the province of the People's Republic of China, on the Fen River - the tributary of Yellow River; it is under the administration of City.
houma.gov.cn
Wikipedia
  • Type: City with 240,000 residents
  • Description: county-level city in China
  • Also known as: “Ch’ü-wo”, “Ch’ü-wu”, “Hầu Mã, Sơn Tây”, “Hou-ma-chen”, “Hou-ma-shih”, “Houma (China)”, “Houma Shi”, “Houma, Shanxi”, “Howma”, “Khouma”, “Xintian”, “Xintian Xiang”, “후마”, “こうばし”, “新田”, and “新田乡”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shangma.

Town
Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Houma, province, China.

Houma

Latitude
35.61912° or 35° 37′ 9″ north
Longitude
111.36576° or 111° 21′ 57″ east
Population
240,000
Elevation
423 metres (1,388 feet)
Named after
相传因明末李自成曾率军在此歇息，倚马过夜而得名
UN/LOCODE
CN HOM
Open location code
8P7HJ998+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244080548
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1807818
Wiki­data ID
Q975264
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Houma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوما، شانشى”
  • Bengali: “হুমা, সানজি”
  • Chinese: “Hóumǎ Shì”
  • Chinese: “侯马”
  • Chinese: “侯马市”
  • Danish: “Houma”
  • Dutch: “Houma”
  • Estonian: “Houma”
  • Finnish: “Houma”
  • French: “Houma”
  • Gan Chinese: “侯马市”
  • German: “Houma”
  • Greek: “Χούμα”
  • Gujarati: “હૌમા”
  • Hindi: “होउमा”
  • Indonesian: “Houma”
  • Italian: “Houma”
  • Japanese: “侯馬市”
  • Kannada: “ಹೌಮಾ”
  • Kikuyu: “Houma, Shanxi”
  • Kikuyu: “Houma”
  • Korean: “허우마시”
  • Latvian: “Houma”
  • Lithuanian: “Houma”
  • Malay: “Houma”
  • Marathi: “होउ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hâu-má-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Houma”
  • Norwegian: “Houma”
  • Polish: “Houma”
  • Russian: “Хоума”
  • Sinhala: “හෝමා, ෂැන්සි”
  • Swedish: “Houma, Linfen”
  • Swedish: “Houma”
  • Tamil: “ஹோவுமா, ஷான்சி”
  • Telugu: “హౌమా, షాంగ్జీ”
  • Thai: “ฮูมา”
  • Turkish: “Houma, Şansi”
  • Turkish: “Houma”
  • Ukrainian: “Хоума”
  • Urdu: “ہووما ، شانزی”
  • Urdu: “ہووما، شنسی”
  • Vietnamese: “Hầu Mã”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Houma, Shanxi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Houma”
  • Wu Chinese: “侯马市”
  • Yue Chinese: “侯馬”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Xintian and Shifu Beixiang.

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Highlights: 侯马站站前公园 and Houma.

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