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Municipality under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province
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Wuhu, referred to as "Wu", is a municipality under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province. It is located in the southeast of Anhui Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, at the confluence of the Qingyi River and the Yangtze River. It consists of four municipal districts: Jiujiang District, Jinghu District, Yijiang District, and Sanshan District, and governs four counties: Wuhu County, Fanchang County, Nanling County, and Wuwei County. Wuhu is the deputy central city and sub-central city of Anhui Province. Together with the provincial capital Hefei, Wuhu is known as the "dual-core" city of Anhui Province.
Wuhu has written records for more than 2,500 years. It is known as the "Famous Town in Jiangdong" and the "Famous District of Wu and Chu". In modern times, it was one of the "Four Rice Markets in the South of the Yangtze River". Because of its reputation as "a giant port on the Yangtze River and the backbone of Anhui Province" (Sun Yat-sen's words), it has the reputation of "looking at the trees when the clouds are opening, and listening to the sound of the tide when the river is quiet". In 1876, the Sino-British Treaty of Yantai established Wuhu as a treaty port and became a pioneer in Anhui's opening up in modern times.
Wuhu specialties include three swords and three paintings, silly melon seeds, Yijiang tribute basket, Wuwei ink gauze lanterns, and Wuhu iron paintings; Wuhu snacks include Nanling old duck soup, Baishan tribute cake, hairy crabs, Yijiang mutton, and Wuwei Salted duck, steamed dumplings, etc.
Wuhu is a key open city along the Yangtze River, a regional center and an important port city in the Yangtze River Basin, a core city in the Wanjiang City Belt's Industrial Transfer Demonstration Zone, a member city of the Nanjing Metropolitan Area, and a member city of the "Yangtze River Delta City Group". Hewu Beng is a city in the independent innovation pilot zone.
Chinese name: Wuhu City
Foreign name: Wuhu
Alias: Jiuzi, Jiangcheng
Administrative district category: prefecture-level city< /p>
Region: East China: Anhui Province
Affiliated areas: Jinghu District, Yijiang District, Jiujiang District, Sanshan District; 4 counties: Wuhu, Fanchang, Nanling, and Wuwei< /p>
Government residence: No. 66, Wuhu Municipal Road (Government Cultural Center)
Telephone area code: (+86) 0553
Postal area code: 241000
Geographical location: Southeast Anhui Province, hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta plain
Area: 5988 square kilometers
Population: 3.617 million (household registration at the end of 2014)
Dialect: Jianghuai Mandarin, Wu dialect
Climate conditions: Subtropical humid monsoon climate 1
Famous attractions: Fantawild, Jiuzi Square, Zheshan, Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street, Guangji Temple, Ya Mountain, Marenqifeng
Airport: Wuhu Wanli Military Airport, Wuhu Civil Airport
Train station: Wuhu Station, Ning'an Intercity Yijiang Station, Shang-Hangzhou High-speed Railway Wuhu North Station
License plate code: WanB
City tree: weeping willow
City flower: rose
City spirit: openness, integrity, pragmatism, Innovation, freedom
City card: Pearl of Wanjiang River, City of Innovation
Center coordinates: 119 degrees 21 minutes east longitude, 31 degrees 20 minutes north latitude
Regional production Total value: 230.790 billion (2014)
Current leaders: Municipal Party Committee Secretary Gao Dengbang, Mayor Pan Zhaohui
Higher education institutions: Anhui Normal University, Anhui Engineering University, Anhui Medical University
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Historical evolution
Origin of the name
Wuhu has a history of more than 2,600 years, and the earliest site was named Jiuzi,
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It is located on the south bank of Shuiyang River about 40 miles southeast of the city. "Zuo Zhuan": "In the third year of Lu Xianggong (570 BC), Chu Zi attacked Wu again and defeated Jiuzi. As for Hengshan Mountain." The Hengshan Mountain described here is Hengshan Mountain in the northeast of Dangtu County. The Jiuzi City site is located at the north end of the eroded residual hills on the south bank of the Shuiyang River. From here to the west, the terrain is low and flat, mostly in lakes and swamps. Because of the grass in the lakes and marshes and the gathering of doves, it was named Jiuzi, also known as "Gouzi", "Gaozi", "Zhuzi", etc. There is a long lake near Jiuzi named Wuhu because "the water is not deep enough to grow algae". This section of the Shuiyang River was called the Zhongjiang River at the time. It connected to the Yangtze River in the west and Taihu Lake in the east. It was an important east-west communication waterway. Jiuzi is a ferry that controls the Zhongjiang River, and its location is very important. During the Warring States Period, in the fourth year of King Zhou Yuan (472 BC), the State of Wu was destroyed by the State of Yue, and Jiuzi belonged to Yue. During the Qin Dynasty, the country was divided into thirty-six counties, and Jiuzi belonged to Zhangjun. In 109 BC, the second year of Yuanfeng reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Jiuzi was established as a county and renamed Wuhu. This was the early Wuhu city.
Ancient times
In the Spring and Autumn Period, his name was Jiuzi and he belonged to the State of Wu. During the Warring States Period, in the third year of King Zhou Yuan (473 BC), Yue
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Destroyed Wu and belonged to the Yue Kingdom. Jiuzi. In the ninth year of King Hao of Zhou Dynasty (306 BC), Chu destroyed Yue and belonged to the Chu State, named Jiuzi.
In the Qin Dynasty, the whole of China was divided into thirty-six counties, and Wuhu belonged to Zhangjun. There is quite a debate in the academic circles about the establishment of Zhangjun. One is that it was established at the end of Qin or Chu and Han Dynasties, and the other is that it was established at the end of Qin or Chu and Han Dynasties. It is said that Qin Wuzhang County is still named Jiuzi. During the Western Han Dynasty, in the second year of Yuanfeng (109 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed Zhangjun to Danyang County, which included 17 counties. Wuhu was one of them, and the name of Wuhu County began here. The Eastern Han Dynasty followed it. During the Three Kingdoms period, in the second year of Wu Huangwu (223), the county seat of Wuhu was moved from Jiuzi to the Jimao Mountain area in the southeast of the city, and it still belongs to Danyang County.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, in the second year of Taikang (281) of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, Danyang County was divided into Xuancheng Shao (stationed in Wanling). Moved Danyang County to Jianye (now Nanjing). Wuhu still belongs to Danyang County.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, prefectures and counties were established along the Yangtze River to accommodate the people who were crossing the Central Plains to the south. Chengdi Xianhe
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In the fourth year of Emperor Xianhe's reign (329), Wuhu County belonged to Danyang County, and the overseas Chinese established Yuzhou in Wuhu; in the first year of Emperor Xingning's reign (363), Wuhu County belonged to Danyang County. Xuancheng County (the county seat was moved to Wuhu); in the second year of Emperor Xiaowu's Ningkang reign (374), Wuhu still belonged to Xuancheng County, and Shangdang County was established by overseas Chinese. During the Taiyuan period of Emperor Xiaowu (376-396), the overseas Chinese established Xiangyuan, Dingling, Quqiu and other counties, all of which belonged to Shangdang County. In the ninth year of Emperor An's Yixi reign (413), Xuancheng County returned to Wanling and was demoted to Shangdang County. County, the province of Yangkai (now Fanchang) entered Wuhu County, and later the province of Wuhu County entered Xiangyuan County. Since then, Wuhu County was revoked, and Xiangyuan and Shangdang counties both belonged to Huainan Qiao County. In the early years of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the overseas Chinese established Huainan County in Yuhu, Danyang County (19 kilometers south of today's Dangtu County). During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the ninth year of Yuanjia (432), Emperor Wen of the Liu Song Dynasty, Shangdang County was merged into Xiangyuan County and belonged to Huainan County; In the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty (462), Emperor Xiaowu merged Huainan County into Xuancheng County (the county seat was moved to the lake), and Xiangyuan County belonged to Xuancheng County. In the eighth year of Ming Dynasty (464), Huainan County was reestablished and belonged to South Yuzhou, and Xiangyuan belonged to it. In the third year of Taishi (467) of Emperor Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Huainan County of Yangzhou. In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign (589), Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty abolished Danyang and Huainan counties, established Jiangzhou in Shitucheng (today's Nanjing), and merged Xiangyuan and other counties into Dangtu County. The county seat was moved to Gushu (today's Dangtu County), formerly Wuhu (City) was reduced to a town under Dangtu County.
In the Tang Dynasty, the whole of China was divided into ten kingdoms