Xuancheng
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Xuancheng 宣城市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 7 |
| Township-level divisions | 115 |
| Settled | 109 BC |
| Municipal seat |
Xuanzhou District (30°56′N 118°44′E / 30.933°N 118.733°E) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Han Jun (韩军) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,340 km2 (4,760 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,794,000 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 242000 |
| Area code(s) | 0563 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖P |
| Website | xuancheng |
Xuancheng (Chinese: 宣城; pinyin: Xuānchéng; Xuanzhou Wu: Shye-san) is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Founded in 109 BCE, Xuancheng has over 2,000 years of history. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta, it borders Wuhu to the northwest, Chizhou to the west, Huangshan to the southwest, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively.
As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD), Danyang Commandery was established on this region with Wanling (presently Xuanzhou District, the site of the Xuancheng Municipal Government) as its capital city. Xuanzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of administration since then.
Its terrain is varied and complicated, basically sloping downward from the south to the north. Its landform can be approximately divided into five types: mountain, hill, valley and basin, hillock and plain. The south and southeast regions belong to ranges of Tianmu Mountain, while the southwest and west regions are respectively parts of ranges of Mt. Huangshan and Mt. Jiuhua.
The city has a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons and abundant precipitation. Of the four seasons, summer is the longest. Its annual average temperature falls round 15.6C (60.1F). Most of the rainfall occurs in summer. The plum rain season lasts from mid-June to early July.
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