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Tongling 铜陵市 | |
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 .jpg)   Clockwise from top: skyline, wall sculpture depicting Tongling as the "capital of copper", Tongling from the far side of the Yangtze, and theUniversity of Tongling. | |
.png) Location of Tongling City jurisdiction in Anhui | |
| Coordinates (Tongling municipal government):30°56′42″N117°48′40″E / 30.945°N 117.811°E /30.945; 117.811 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 3 districts 1 county |
| Municipal seat | Tongguan District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Li Meng (李猛) |
| • Mayor | Hu Qisheng (胡启生) |
| Area | |
| 2,982 km2 (1,151 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,489.8 km2 (575.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,489.8 km2 (575.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 Census)[1] | |
| 1,311,726 | |
| • Density | 439.9/km2 (1,139/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 842,675 |
| • Urban density | 565.63/km2 (1,465.0/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 842,675 |
| • Metro density | 565.63/km2 (1,465.0/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 116.6 billion US$ 14.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 89,248 US$ 13,834 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 244000 |
| Area code | 0562 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-07 |
| License plate prefix | 皖G |
| Website | tl |
Tongling (simplified Chinese:铜陵;traditional Chinese:銅陵;pinyin:Tónglíng;Wade–Giles:T'ung-ling;lit. 'Copper Hillock') is aprefecture-level city in southernAnhuiprovince ofChina. Ariver port along theYangtze River, Tongling bordersWuhu to the east,Chizhou to the southwest andAnqing to the west.[3]
As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,311,726 inhabitants whom 842,675 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts.At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the permanent population will be 1.302 million.[4] The asteroid12418 Tongling was named after the city.[5]
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Tongling has been famous as a beautiful mountain city since its origins in theHan dynasty over 1500 years ago. Owing to its copper and tin deposits, it was an important center in the past for bronze production. The scale of industrial activity gradually increased through theMing (1368–1644) andQing (1644–1911) dynasties, the Japanese occupation (1938–45), and especially under theCommunist government since 1949. Tongling has a long history and produced many talented people. It is one of the important birthplaces of China's bronze culture. The history of copper mining and smelting has lasted for more than 3,000 years without interruption.[6] Tongling has been a mining center since the 7th century CE. While it has only been anindustrial city for the second half of the 20th century.[7]
Tongling is located in southern Anhui on the southern (right) bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with latitude ranging from 30° 45' 12" to 31° 07' 56" N and longitude ranging from 117° 42' 00" to 118° 10' 06" E;[8] the maximal north–south extent is 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi), and the greatest east–west width is 40.6 km (25.2 mi).[9] It bordersFanchang County to the southeast,Qingyang County andNanling County to the south,Guichi District ofChizhou to the southwest, and, northwest across the Yangtze,Wuwei County andZongyang County.[10]
Tongling City has a northern subtropical humid monsoon climate. The climate in Tongling is warm and humid, with heavy rain in spring and summer, hot summer, dry autumn, mild winter, long frost-free period and distinct four seasons.[10]
| Climate data for Tongling, elevation 11 m (36 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) | 21.9 (71.4) | 28.2 (82.8) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.5 (92.3) | 35.1 (95.2) | 38.2 (100.8) | 40.1 (104.2) | 40.1 (104.2) | 38.5 (101.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 28.8 (83.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 40.1 (104.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.5 (85.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.2 (82.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 21.3 (70.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.5 (43.7) | 11.0 (51.8) | 17.1 (62.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.5 (45.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 3.2 (37.8) | 13.7 (56.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) | −8.9 (16.0) | −3.1 (26.4) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 19.1 (66.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | −3.8 (25.2) | −8.2 (17.2) | −8.9 (16.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 74.8 (2.94) | 82.7 (3.26) | 121.4 (4.78) | 133.0 (5.24) | 147.8 (5.82) | 244.7 (9.63) | 198.4 (7.81) | 130.5 (5.14) | 83.3 (3.28) | 65.5 (2.58) | 71.4 (2.81) | 48.0 (1.89) | 1,401.5 (55.18) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.5 | 10.9 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 132.3 |
| Average snowy days | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 105.6 | 112.3 | 136.6 | 163.1 | 179.7 | 156.9 | 213.4 | 199.2 | 160.3 | 160.0 | 137.8 | 126.8 | 1,851.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 33 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 50 | 49 | 44 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 42 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[11][12] all-time January high[13] | |||||||||||||
Theprefecture-level city of Tongling administers 4county-level divisions, including 3districts and 1county.
In 2012, the provincial government made plans to cedeZongyang County fromAnqing City to Tongling City, in order to grant the latter land across the Yangtze.[14]
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As of November 2017, Tongling hastwo bridgesacross the Yangtze River.
The Tongling Yangtze River Bridge is a double-deck cable-stayed and suspension coordinated system bridge with a total length of 11.88 kilometers and a main span of 988 meters. It has three river crossing functions: expressway, intercity railway, and freight railway.[15]
Tongling is served by theNanjing–Tongling,Tongling–Jiujiang, Lujiang-Tongling Railways,Nanjing–Anqing Intercity Railway andHefei-Fuzhou High-Speed Railway.
The contract of town-twinning with the city ofMarbach am Neckar inBaden-Württemberg, Germany was established in 1990 and was among the first Sino-German town-twinnings, or sister city relationships. One lady citizen of Marbach am Neckar has been awarded honorary citizenship of Tongling City in 2005, recognizing her relentless effort to keep up the town-twinning. Marbach is the birthplace of the famous German poetFriedrich Schiller (1759–1805), as a symbol of friendship a statue was erected in local Tianjinhu-Lake-Park.[citation needed]
Tongling has been twinned with theBorough of Halton in England since 1997. A Chinese friendship garden was created in the grounds ofRuncorn Town Hall in 2006, including a bronze statue gifted by the twin city of Tongling.[16]
Tongling has built 5 public libraries, 5 cultural centers, 2 museums, 1 art gallery and 1 theater.[17]
The Tongling Museum is a special museum with copper culture as its main theme. It fully displays the status that Tongling should have in the history of China's bronze civilization, and displays the development of copper culture and the prospects of the copper industry.[18]
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