Hefei

Hefei
合肥市
Hofei
Swan Lake CBD
Baogong Park
Lord Bao Temple
Temple on Chao Lake
Hua Tuo Statue
Map
Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui
Location of Hefei City jurisdiction in Anhui
Hefei is located in Eastern China
Hefei
Hefei
Location in Eastern China
Hefei is located in China
Hefei
Hefei
Hefei (China)
Coordinates (Hefei municipal government): 31°49′14″N 117°13′38″E / 31.8206°N 117.2273°E / 31.8206; 117.2273
CountryChina
ProvinceAnhui
County-level divisions7
Municipal seatShushan District
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • BodyHefei Municipal People's Congress
 • CCP SecretaryYu Aihua
 • Congress ChairmanWang Weidong
 • MayorLuo Yunfeng
 • CPPCC ChairmanHan Bing
Area
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]
9,465,881
 • Density830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
5,118,199
 • Urban density6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
7,754,481
 • Metro density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 1.141 trillion
US$ 145.0 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 120,579
US$ 18,691
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
230000
Area code551
ISO 3166 codeCN-AH-01
License plate prefixes皖A
Websitehefei.gov.cn
City trees
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.)
City flowers
Sweet Osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.)
Blossom of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)
Hefei
Chinese合肥
PostalHofei
Literal meaning"Junction of the Fei Rivers"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHéféi
Wade–GilesHo2-fei2
IPA[xɤ̌.fěɪ]
Wu
RomanizationGheh-vi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHahp-fèih
JyutpingHap6-fei4
IPA[hɐp̚˨.fej˩]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHa̍p-pûi

Hefei is the capital of Anhui, China. 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] Notably, the University of Science and Technology of China is one of the top 100 comprehensive public research universities in the world.[7][8][9][10][11]

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