Hefei covers a total area of 11,445.1 square kilometers (including 770 square kilometers of Chaohu Lake water).

Hefei Introduction

Hefei, short for Lu or Hefei, the ancient name of Luzhou, Luyang, is the capital of Anhui Province, the vice center of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, a comprehensive national science center, "One Belt, One Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt strategic dual node city, the innovation capital of international influence, the country's important scientific research and education base, the modern manufacturing base and comprehensive transportation hub, Hefei metropolitan circle It is the center city of Hefei Metropolitan Area and the core city of Anhui River City Belt.

Located in East China, between Jianghuai and Huaihuai, and surrounded by Chaohu Lake, Hefei has a total area of 11,445.1 square kilometers (including the surface of Chaohu Lake, 770 square kilometers), and as of the end of 2016, it was under the jurisdiction of four municipal districts, four counties, with an escrow of one county-level city, and four development zones, with an area of 428 square kilometers of the built-up city area. Within Hefei, there are three landforms: hilly and granitic, low mountainous residual hills, and low-lying plains, with hilly and granitic land predominating; it has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and a mild climate.

Hefei is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,000 years, named after the East Interfluence River and the South Interfluence River, both of which originate in the area. Hefei is known as "the hometown of the Three Kingdoms and Bao Zheng". Qin set Hefei County, Sui to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hefei has been the Luzhou Prefecture, it is also known as "Luzhou", also known as "Luyang", the territory of numerous attractions, such as the Baogong Ancestral Temple, the former residence of Li Hongzhang, the remains of the King of Wu, and so on. Hefei also gave birth to Zhou Yu, Bao Zheng, Li Hongzhang and a number of historical figures.

Hefei is a member city of the World Federation of Science and Technology Cities, the center of China's integrated circuit industry, and a national science and technology innovation pilot city. Hefei is known as "the first county of Jianghuai, the key to Wu and Chu", "the head of Jiangnan" and "the throat of the Central Plains". As of the end of 2016, the city has 60 institutions of higher education of various types, with 628,600 students enrolled, of which 50 are ordinary colleges and universities, with 545,500 students enrolled; there are 151 key laboratories and engineering laboratories above the provincial and ministerial levels, of which there are 13 national key (engineering) laboratories.

Administrative divisions

Jurisdictions: 4 municipal districts, 4 counties, and 1 county-level city

Street communities: 43 streets, 84 townships, 5 street-level community management committees, 457 urban communities, 333 rural communities (and 3 neighborhood committees), and 994 village committees

Municipal government: the People's Government of Hefei is located at No. 100 Dongliu Road in Shushan District of Hefei

Municipal government: The People's Government of Hefei is located at No. 100 Dongliu Road in Shushan District of Hefei City. No. 100 Stream Road

PopulationEthnic population

At the end of 2016, the total resident population of Hefei was 7,869,000, an increase of 79,000, or 1.0%, from the end of 2015; an increase of 412,000, or an average annual growth rate of 0.9%, over the sixth census of Hefei in 2010; and a share of 12.70% of the total population of Anhui Province.

At the end of 2016, among the resident population of Hefei City, 5,670,000 people lived in towns, an increase of 186,000 compared with the end of 2015, accounting for 72.05% of the total population (urbanization rate of the resident population), an increase of 1.65 percentage points compared with the end of 2015; 2,199,000 people lived in villages, a decrease of 107,000 compared with the end of 2015, accounting for 27.95 percent of the total population.

Ethnicity

According to the official website of the Hefei Municipal Government in August 2016, there are 52 ethnic minority components in Hefei, and the ethnic minorities with more than 1,000 people are Hui, Manchu, Miao, Tujia, Yi, Zhuang and Mongolian.

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