Hefei

Hefei 合肥市 Prefecture-level city Montage of Hefei. Clockwise from top: Swan Lake Eastbank CBD, Dashushan, City God Temple of Luzhou-Fu and Downtown Hefei. Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui Hefei Location in China Coordinates: 31°52′N 117°17′E Country People's Republic of China Province Anhui County-level divisions 7 Government  • CPC Committee Secretary Song Guoquan (宋国权)  • Mayor Ling Yun (凌云) Area  • Prefecture-level city 11,434.25 km2 (4,414.79 sq mi)  • Urban 725 km2 (280 sq mi)  • Metro 438.2 km2 (169.2 sq mi) Elevation 37 m (123 ft) Population  (2016 Sampling)  • Prefecture-level city 7,869,000  • Density 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)  • Urban  (2018) 3,865,000  • Urban density 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)  • Metro 3,718,000  • Metro density 8,500/km2 (22,000/sq mi) Time zone UTC+8 (CST) Postal code 230000 Area code 551 ISO 3166 code CN-AH-01 Licence plate prefixes 皖A GDP (2016) CNY 721.3 billion  - per capita CNY 92000 Website hefei.gov.cn City trees Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) City flowers Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) Blossom of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Hefei "Hefei" in Chinese characters Chinese 合肥 Postal Hofei Literal meaning "Junction of the Fei [Rivers]" Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héféi Wade–Giles Ho2-fei2 IPA [xɤ̌.fěi] Wu Romanization Gheh入-vi平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hahp-fèih IPA [hɐ̀p̚.fȅi] Jyutping Hap6-fei4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ha̍p-pûi

Hefei (Chinese: 合肥) is a city and municipality (地级市) in eastern China. Hefei is the capital the Anhui province. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. It is located in the central portion of the province, and it borders Huainan to the north, Chuzhou to the northeast, Wuhu to the southeast, Tongling to the south, Anqing to the southwest and Lu'an to the west. Hefei has 7.06 million people, 2.18 million of whom lives in the urban area.

History

Old Hefei Map with wall

From the 8th to the 6th centuries BC, there were many small states in Hefei. The area later became a part of the Chu kingdom. Many archaeological finds dating from this period have been made. In the 2nd century BC, the name 'Hefei' was first given to the county set up in the area under the Han dynasty.

In the 3rd century AD, the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford was fought at Xiaoyao Ford (逍遙津) in Hefei. Zhang Liao, a general of the Wei state, led 800 picked cavalry and defeated the 200,000-strong army from Wu. After this battle, Wu and Wei fought for several decades in Hefei.

Political divisions

Hefei Municipality is divided into 4 districts, 4 counties and 1 city.

• Luyang District (庐阳区)
• Yaohai District (瑶海区)
• Baohe District (包河区)
• Shushan District (蜀山区)
• Feidong County (肥东县)
• Feixi County (肥西县)
• Changfeng County (长丰县)
• Lujiang County (庐江县)
• Chaohu City (巢湖市)