Wuhu
Wuhu
芜湖市 | |
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Clockwise from top: Wuhu skyline looking south along the Yangtze, Wuhu at sunset, the Zhongjiang Tower, and Changhong Gate (south). | |
Location of Wuhu in Anhui | |
| Coordinates (Wuhu municipal government): 31°21′09″N 118°25′59″E / 31.3526°N 118.4331°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Municipal seat | Jiujiang District |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Ning Bo (宁波) |
| • Mayor | Xu Zhi (徐志) |
| Area | |
| 6,010.9 km2 (2,320.8 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,157 km2 (833 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,172.9 km2 (452.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 3,644,420 | |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,151,368 |
| • Urban density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,622,799 |
| • Metro density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 430.3 billion US$ 53.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 117,174 US$ 18,163 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Area code | 0553 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-02 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖B |
| Website | www |
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Wuhu (simplified Chinese: 芜湖; traditional Chinese: 蕪湖; pinyin: Wúhú; lit. 'Weedy Lake') is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei City to the northwest, Ma'anshan city to the northeast, Jiangsu to the east, and is approximately 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Nanjing. With the urbanization trend in the southern part of Nanjing, a conurbation between Nanjing, Maanshan and Wuhu is in building with more than 10,660,000 inhabitants.