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Huainan 淮南市 Hwainan | |
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.png) Location of Huainan City jurisdiction in Anhui | |
| Coordinates (Huainan railway station plaza):32°37′53″N117°01′10″E / 32.6314°N 117.0194°E /32.6314; 117.0194 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 7 |
| Township-level divisions | 90 |
| Municipal seat | Tianjia'an District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Shen Qiang (沈强) |
| • Mayor | Wang Hong (王宏) |
| Area | |
| 5,530 km2 (2,140 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,500.2 km2 (579.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,989.7 km2 (768.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 3,033,528 | |
| • Density | 549/km2 (1,420/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,561,636 |
| • Urban density | 1,041.0/km2 (2,696.1/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,868,944 |
| • Metro density | 939.31/km2 (2,432.8/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 145.7 billion US$ 18.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 47,929 US$ 7,430 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 232000 |
| Area code | 554 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-04 |
| License plate Prefix | 皖D |
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| Chinese | 淮南 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | [Land(s)] South of theHuai River | ||||||||
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Huainan (Chinese:淮南;pinyin:Huáinán) is aprefecture-level city with 3,033,528 inhabitants as of the 2020 census in north-centralAnhui province, China. It is named for theHan-eraPrincipality of Huainan. It borders the provincial capital ofHefei to the south,Lu'an to the southwest,Fuyang to the west,Bozhou to the northwest,Bengbu to the northeast andChuzhou to the east. Huainan is one of the core cities of Hefei Metropolitan Circle[3] and is known for its coal industry andthermal power plants. Its built-up area made of 4 urban districts (all but Panji not yet conurbated) and Fengtai County largely being urbanized, was home to 1,868,944 inhabitants as of 2020. Its city flower is the Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) and its city tree is the Old-World Plane Tree (Platanus orientalis). It is also considered to be the hometown and birthplace oftofu.[4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1953 | 286,941 | — |
| 1964 | 456,223 | +59.0% |
| 1982 | 576,605 | +26.4% |
| 1990 | 724,157 | +25.6% |
| 2000 | 1,062,430 | +46.7% |
| 2010 | 1,238,488 | +16.6% |
| 2020 | 1,255,619 | +1.4% |
| Source:Census in China[5] | ||
Theprefecture-level city of Huainan administers sevencounty-level divisions, including fivedistricts and twocounties.
These are further divided into 66township-level divisions, including 24towns, 23townships and 19subdistricts.
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The urban centre is located on a plain on the south bank of theHuai River, borderingGaotang Lake on the east and a forested hill area on the south. To the west areBagongshan District andShou County.
| Climate data for Huainan, elevation 71 m (233 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.6 (94.3) | 37.3 (99.1) | 38.7 (101.7) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.3 (102.7) | 38.1 (100.6) | 34.0 (93.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 9.9 (49.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 20.9 (69.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 22.3 (72.1) | 26.0 (78.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.1 (64.6) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.1 (41.2) | 16.5 (61.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.1 (31.8) | 2.3 (36.1) | 6.7 (44.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.6 (76.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 13.0 (55.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) | −13.0 (8.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | 0.4 (32.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 1.3 (34.3) | −6.2 (20.8) | −15.7 (3.7) | −15.7 (3.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 36.9 (1.45) | 40.6 (1.60) | 59.3 (2.33) | 61.1 (2.41) | 78.9 (3.11) | 173.0 (6.81) | 183.0 (7.20) | 140.7 (5.54) | 81.0 (3.19) | 54.6 (2.15) | 48.0 (1.89) | 26.9 (1.06) | 984 (38.74) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 105.8 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 69 | 69 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 70 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 126.1 | 123.8 | 168.3 | 193.2 | 196.7 | 177.5 | 193.0 | 182.1 | 157.7 | 164.4 | 148.4 | 133.6 | 1,964.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 40 | 39 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 47 | 48 | 43 | 44 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
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Huainan is a major production center forcoal, with an output of 43.28 million tons in 2006.
The city hosted the 17th China Tofu Cultural Festival on September 15–17, 2010, including the National Bean Products Exhibition.[8]
The key high schools:
East of the city a bridge crosses the Huai River, shared by theFuyang–Huainan railway and highway S225. Near the city center, a ferry provides connection to the (rural) north bank of the Huai River.
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