Wuhu, Anhui
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Wuhu 芜湖市 |
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.png) Location of Wuhu in Anhui |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Municipal seat |
Jiujiang District (31°22′12″N 118°23′33″E / 31.37000°N 118.39250°E) |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Pan Chaohui (潘朝晖) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 6,026 km2 (2,327 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 165 km2 (64 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 972 km2 (375 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7.9 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,545,067 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,498,917 |
| • Urban density | 9,100/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,264,539 |
| • Metro density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 0553 |
| GDP (2015) | ¥245.7 billion |
| GDP per capita | ¥67,592 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖B |
| Website | http://www.wuhu.gov.cn/ |
Wuhu (simplified Chinese: 芜湖; traditional Chinese: 蕪湖; pinyin: Wúhú; literally "Weedy Lake") is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei Province to the northwest, Ma'anshan city to the northeast, Jiangsu Province to the east, and is approximately 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Nanjing. As of 2014, the city had a population of approximately 3,617,000 officially registered inhabitants.
The prefecture-level city of Wuhu administers 8 county-level divisions, including 4 districts and 4 counties.
By the end of 2011, the total population was estimated to be 3,842,100，of whom 1,450,000 live in the 4 urban districts and the others live in the counties. The city has over 47 ethnic minorities present — the largest being the Muslim population. There are other ethnic minorities with over 500 inhabitants in the city: Yi, Tujia, Miao, Zhuang, and Manchu.
Jiang-Huai Mandarin, a branch of Mandarin Chinese, was widely spoken in urban area, while some people in the counties spoke Wu Chinese. Putonghua, or Standard Mandarin was commonly used in this area.
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