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Hefei
合肥市 Hofei | |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Swan Lake CBD Baogong Park Lord Bao Temple Temple on Chao Lake Hua Tuo Statue | |
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 Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui | |
  Hefei Location in Eastern China  Hefei Hefei (China) | |
| Coordinates (Hefei municipal government): 31°49′14″N 117°13′38″E / 31.8206°N 117.2273°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 7 |
| Municipal seat | Shushan District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Body | Hefei Municipal People's Congress |
| • CCP Secretary | Yu Aihua |
| • Congress Chairman | Wang Weidong |
| • Mayor | Luo Yunfeng |
| • CPPCC Chairman | Han Bing |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 11,434.25 km2 (4,414.79 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 838.5 km2 (323.7 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 7,055.6 km2 (2,724.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (123 ft) |
| Population (2022 census)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 9,465,881 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,118,199 |
| • Urban density | 6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 7,754,481 |
| • Metro density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 1.141 trillion US$ 145.0 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 120,579 US$ 18,691 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 230000 |
| Area code | 551 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-01 |
| License plate prefixes | 皖A |
| Website | hefei |
City trees
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) City flowers Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) Blossom of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) | |
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| Chinese | 合肥 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Hofei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Junction of the Fei Rivers" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hefei (/həˈfeɪ/; Chinese: 合肥) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China.[3] A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or metro) area is made up of four urban districts plus Feidong, Feixi and Changfeng counties being urbanized, was home to 7,754,481 inhabitants.[clarification needed] Located in the central portion of the province, 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. A natural hub of communications, Hefei is situated to the north of Chao Lake and stands on a low saddle crossing the northeastern extension of the Dabie Mountains, which forms the divide between the Huai and Yangtze rivers.[4]
The present-day city dates from the Song dynasty. Before World War II, Hefei remained essentially an administrative centre and the regional market for the fertile plain to the south. It has gone through a growth in infrastructure in recent years.[5] Hefei is the location of Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor.
Hefei is a world leading city for scientific research, with its ranking placed at 13th globally, 8th in the Asia-Pacific and 6th in China (behind Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Wuhan), as tracked by the Nature Index in 2023.[6] The city is represented by several major universities, including the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University of Technology, Anhui University, Anhui Agricultural University and Anhui Medical University.[7] Notably, the University of Science and Technology of China is one of the top 100 comprehensive public research universities in the world.[8][9][10][11][12]
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