Fuyang 阜阳市 |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Anhui |
County-level divisions | 8 |
Municipal seat |
Yingzhou District (32°54′N 115°49′E / 32.900°N 115.817°E) |
Government | |
• CPC Secretary | Yu Yong (于勇) |
• Mayor | Li Ping (李平) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 9,775 km2 (3,774 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,844 km2 (712 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,844 km2 (712 sq mi) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 7,599,913 |
• Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,768,947 |
• Urban density | 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,768,947 |
• Metro density | 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Area code(s) | 0558 |
GDP | 2010 |
GDP per capita | 7,288 |
License Plate Prefix | 皖K |
Fuyang (simplified Chinese: 阜阳; traditional Chinese: 阜陽; pinyin: Fùyáng) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui province, China. It borders Bozhou to the northeast, Huainan to the southeast, Lu'an to the south, and the province of Henan on all other sides.
Its population was 7,599,913 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,768,947 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts Yingzhou, Yingdong and Yingquan.
The prefecture-level city of Fuyang administers eight county-level divisions, including three districts, one county-level city and four counties.
Starting with the Qin dynasty, the region now called Fuyang was deemed Ruyin (汝陰). Ruyin was classified as part of the ancient province of Yuzhou. In the early Han Dynasty, Ruyin was ruled by Xiahou Ying (d. 172 BCE), who fought alongside Liu Bang against the warlord Xiang Yu, in the Chu–Han Contention (206–202 BC), and helped Liu Bang establish the Han dynasty. Following the establishment of the Han dynasty, the title conferred upon Xiahou Ying was "Lord of Ruyin" (汝陰侯). The second Lord of Ruyin was Xiahou Ying's son, Xiahou Zao (夏侯灶) (d. 165 BCE), whose tomb was later rediscovered in Fuyang in 1977.