There are many places in this region today that were named after Huang e.g. Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei, Huangshi, Huangan, Huangzhou etc.

During the reign of Emperor Cheng of Jin, Later Zhao forces inflicted great damage on many Jin cities and bases north of the Yangtze and captured Zhucheng (邾城, in modern Huanggang, Hubei).

[1] Huanggang administers 12 county-level divisions, including one district, two county-level cities and seven counties:[6][7][1] Huanggang is home to several significant cultural sites of historical interest, such as the Buddhist Ancestral Hall of Sakyamuni at Doufang Mountain, Wuzu Temple and its Changchun Nunnery, and Dongpo Red Cliff.

Huanggang has a diversified economy, ranging from bio- and herbal medicine to manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism.

Since ancient times, Huanggang has been renowned for local specialties such as the "Qichun Four Treasures" (snake, turtle, bamboo, and moxa), Huangmei "tiaohua" embroidery, and Wuxue "zhangshuiqian" bamboo products.

With its "Guihuaxiang" brand of chestnuts, Luotian is the leading chestnut-growing county in all of China.

Huangmei is a major center of freshwater shrimp and fragrant jade rice production.

In addition, former military leader and President of China, Li Xiannian (1909–1992), was born in Hong'an.